By Matheus Tait I will start with some (overly simplified) concepts because people sometimes mix shyness and introversion. Shy: A shy person is frightened of public exposure. There is a component of fear involved. They don’t necessarily want or like to be alone. …

By Sachin Dharmapurikar Sticky transformations are those where engineering teams adopt productive practices as a habit and need no external influence to go through with them. But engineering transformation requires a change in organizational mindset and a successful transformation requires continuous change. During a transformation exercise, coaches, teams and leadership…

By Pooja Arora and Shraddha Surana Nearly a hundred years ago, antibiotics became mainstream. Since then, antibiotics have saved countless lives. However, its widespread and irrational usage over the last century has made bacteria resistant to them. It is estimated this could be a cause for millions of deaths by…

By Pawan Prasad and Ajit Kumar The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct. Daniel Kahneman, Renowned Psychologist and Economist, 2002 Nobel Prize Winner Humans are influenced by biases…

By Wilson Gao and Sichu Zhang In Agile delivery, we often face a variety of problems, not just limited to technology but also across processes, tools, capabilities, customer constraints, ways of working, management and more. All of these things will affect the outcome of delivery, and in some cases, even…

By Patricia Chmielowiec I joined the Thoughtworks recruiting team in Spain 6 months ago. What is fascinating about my job is that every day I get to meet new people and discover what it’s like to be a developer here. The other day I got the chance to chat with…

By Dr J Harrison I have the most amazing job title ‘Harbinger of Change’, and I am a Principal Consultant at Thoughtworks with twenty-plus years of experience. Yet when I walk into your boardroom my biggest worry is Norm. Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Norm. …

By Danilo Sato and Richard Nicholson New data architectures aren’t just creating new possibilities for financial services institutions, they’re giving them choice — enabling them to align data architecture with organizational structure and strategy. Over the past two decades, data architectures have evolved significantly. From the advent of storage area…

By Daniel Fratte Background At Thoughtworks we have always been concerned with the relationship between tech and society since our founding almost 30 years ago. We take it seriously and work effectively and consciously in every partnership or engagement to see this addressed. …