Rand’s perspective on All Hands is worth a read this week. I did enjoy the interview with the airline pilot. Quote of the Week The first rule is that a measurement—any measurement—is better than none. High Output Management Andrew S. Grove Leadership In defense of AI mandates (xpost) - interesting perspective. You will lose people obviously, in some way or another. ...
This week I enjoyed the last episode in the Industry Special from Escape Collective about Chinese brands. The Overnight Success podcast is worth subscribing to, even if you are not into bicycles. It’s about founders and their businesses. Quote of the Week The technologies we use to try to “get on top of everything” always fail us, in the end, because they increase the size of the “everything” of which we’re trying to get on top. Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman Leadership Struggle Creates Value - “We are going to, and we need, to struggle together.” ...
This week was weird. Something happened to my RSS reader. Anyway … still some good stuff — the interview with Kelsey Hightower, and the piece on how Meta is messing up its culture. Quote of the Week Remember, Peter Drucker said that if people spend more than 25 percent of their time in meetings, it is a sign of malorganization. I would put it another way: the real sign of malorganization is when people spend more than 25 percent of their time in ad hoc mission-oriented meetings. High Output Management Andrew S. Grove Leadership Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization? - sign of maturity :-) ...
Two good engineering podcasts to listen to this week, the one about OpenCode and the one about spec-driven development. I also really enjoyed the video about the Watchmen comic and film. Quote of the Week I had not quite realized that the interruptions were the journey. Jupiter's Travels Ted Simon Engineering Building OpenCode with Dax Raad [Podcast] - I have been trying to use it with local models. Those are just not as good yet. ...
Again a few good podcasts, I especially liked the one about The Pre-Training Wall and the Mythical Man Month. Quote of the Week Rule of thumb: When the debate is no longer productive, it’s time to make a decision. Managing Humans Michael Lopp Leadership The Ask - what is this meeting actually about? ...