https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/how-equal-experts-values-helped-our-team-when-the-customer-rejected-our-recommendations/How Equal Experts values helped our team when the customer rejected our recommendations

If a stakeholder’s first reaction is to reject a painful truth, don’t breeze past it, or judge them for responding emotionally. It is a natural and completely understandable reaction – and often the first step to accepting the idea and taking it forward. Here’s how we used Equal Experts values to help our team when the customer rejected our recommendations:

December 9, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/key-takeaways-episode-1-dave-farleys-the-engineering-room/Key takeaways – Episode 1 – Dave Farley’s “The Engineering Room”

In episode 1 of Dave Farley’s Engineering Room series, Dave interviews industry heavyweight Martin Fowler. Here are some key takeaways from that chat:

December 8, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/writing-unit-tests-for-dbt-with-tdd/Writing Unit Tests for dbt – with TDD

One of the software engineering practices that we follow is TDD. We strongly believe that it helps us create better code and achieve a good level of confidence in its correctness. So, why not use this in our dbt projects?

November 23, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/the-return-to-office-bear-trap-why-remote-first-meetings-are-the-future/The return to office “bear trap” – why remote-first meetings are the future

What should our return to the office look like? 8 pitfalls to avoid with hybrid working, and why remote-first meetings should be our first choice.

October 11, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/return-to-office-working-why-trusting-your-teams-is-key/Return to office working – why trusting your teams is key

Returning to the office? The key to productivity is to trust your teams with an “as-needed” approach to office working. Here’s why:

October 6, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/is-it-time-to-rethink-strategy-as-mountaineering/Is it Time to Rethink…Strategy as Mountaineering?

In his latest post re-thinking commonly used metaphors in business David Cox asks: can we really compare strategic transformations to the deadly sport of mountain climbing?

October 5, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/four-reasons-why-event-driven-architecture-is-crucial-in-fraud-and-risk-analysis/Four reasons why event-driven architecture is crucial in fraud and risk analysis.October 1, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/bringing-tdd-to-the-data-warehouse/Bringing TDD to the Data Warehouse

Learn why we advocate that data oriented projects should always use the well-known software engineering best practices. This article shows how you can apply TDD using the emerging dbt data transformation tool.

September 20, 2021https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/understanding-the-role-of-data-pipelines-and-data-platforms-in-event-driven-architecture/Understanding the role of data pipelines and data platforms in event-driven architectureSeptember 9, 2021