CAST 2018 # 2: Recruiting for potential

Apart from my workshop, I also got to do a presentation at CAST 2018 - Recruiting for Potential. If you are only looking for the slides, or want to check the slides before/after you read this post, they can be found here, along with a few of our cases. This started out with the fact that I have grown uncomfortable with the standard recruiting process* over the years. No, let’s be honest: I’ve always disliked…

CAST 2018 #1: Speedtesting Workshop

So, at CAST 2018  I had the pleasure of doing a workshop with my friend and colleague Tomas Rosenqvist. The title was "Speedtesting using mind maps" and consisted of 90 intense minutes of interaction with the awesome "Bling R Us" webshop that we created some time ago as a recruitment exercise (I'll get back to that in the next post...) The purpose of the workshop is to show how using a mind map template can…

UK Star 2018 – summary

Just came back from ukStar 2018 and I thought I'd summarize my experience while still fresh in memory. So, first of all: I only had the change to attend 1 of 2 Days. Day 2 actually had a lot of interesting talks that I wish I could have attended but unfortunately I had to go back home. Day 1 consisted of 2 keynotes, 1 workshop-session and a bunch of tracks. First off: starting keynote by…