Andy Leonard is CSO of Linchpin People and SQLPeople, an SSIS Trainer, Consultant, and developer; SQL Server database and data warehouse developer, community mentor, engineer, and farmer. He is a co-author of SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns. His background includes web application architecture and development, VB, and ASP. Andy loves the SQL Server Community!

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• Performance-Based Management and Andy’s Law

  Let’s begin with an assertion: “People are more important than process.” – Andy, circa 2008 Whenever an enterprise or institution adopts a new process or policy, that policy should serve people and not shackle them. The nicest thing that can be said about Read More... Posted Friday, May 10, 2013 10:29 AM by andyleonard | 3 Comments Filed under: Disruptive, Doing Software Right, EMPs (Expensive Management Practices), Freedom!, Geek

• Push The Pebble

  Introduction This post is the fifty-fifth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page . This post is about starting something. Today is the First Day… … of something. Somewhere, Read More... Posted Monday, April 02, 2012 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 3 Comments Filed under: Doing Software Right, EMPs (Expensive Management Practices), Software Business

• Trick Question

  Introduction This post is the fifty-fourth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page . This post is about you. Me? Yep, you. Two questions: What is your job title? (<—Not Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 23 Comments Filed under: Doing Software Right, EMPs (Expensive Management Practices), Software Business

• Techganic

  Introduction This post is the thirty-sixth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page . This post is about how organizations and people plant ideas. “Techganic” I made up Read More... Posted Thursday, April 14, 2011 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer Community, Doing Software Right, EMPs (Expensive Management Practices), Software Business