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	<title>Reflections on Software Engineering &#187; Leadership</title>
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		<title>Lessons from a Software Engineering Dojo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Keeling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Here's a recap of the first talk I gave at XP2010. Since it was a Lightning Talk, rather than posting slides I've summarized my talk and added references directly in this post. I welcome comments and discussion.] Craftsmanship is an interesting model for thinking about how to teach someone to become a great software engineer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010: The Year I Make Contact</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Keeling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late in the afternoon on December 25, during one of the loudest, howling winter storms I’ve ever experienced we lost power. Normally this wouldn’t be a big deal except I was in a vacation house with 20 other people, basically my wife’s entire]]></description>
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		<title>Groupthink Kills Big Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Keeling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to convince a group of people to follow you when you’ve got a great idea that you’re passionate about. Passion is like a highly communicable virus, easily spreading from one host to another. Something funny happens, though once enou]]></description>
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		<title>Relationships Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Keeling</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a great software product is only half the battle. The relationship the user builds with your software has the single greatest influence on how awesome that software is. Sorry. It’s not the language the software is written in. It’s no]]></description>
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		<title>Applying Leadership Styles</title>
		<link>http://neverletdown.net/2009/02/applying-leadership-styles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Keeling</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Goleman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leadership styles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teamicide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The setting is a small library filled with various books on software engineering. Five people are sitting around a single, small table, the room overcrowded with the group. The Square Root team is reviewing the mid-semester presentation I threw tog]]></description>
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