Friday Links 23-09

Short one today! 

I enjoyed the conversation about "Brains, hormones, and time" with Dunbar. 

If you haven't subscribed to "The War on Cars" yet, this 100th episode might be a good start.

Leadership

The Backbone of a Successful Team: 1:1s, Skip Levels, and the Delegation Framework (with Spencer Norman, VP of Engineering at Privy) [Podcast] - there is a lot in this. I don't agree with all of it.

Brains, hormones and time - the invisible causes of better workplace culture [Podcast] - Mr. Dunbar talking about his number in a business context. 

Being Right Doesn’t Matter - you have to bring people to your side too. 

How to start a movement / love is the message - Alex about how to maybe start a movement. 

Running your engineering onboarding program. - I agree that a good on-boarding is super important for any company.

Urbanism

15-minute cities: mundane planning concept or global conspiracy? [Podcast] - this is probably the funniest conspiracy theory lately. 

The War on Cars Turns 100 [Podcast] - most likely the most fun urbanisation podcast out there.

Opinion To revitalize downtowns, cities need to stop making this big mistake - converting offices to flats

A (very) Short History of French Politicians & Urbanism in Paris - A Coolville Experience [YouTube] - it always looks like change is very recent, but it is really along processs

Why Bad Street Design is Both Costly and Deadly [YouTube] - very US focus, but it still applies everywhere

Friday Links Disclaimer

Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though.

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Friday Links 23-08

I enjoyed the podcast about Rawls' Theory of justice and the article about "BAU work", which is really about much more.

Leadership

Go Beyond Fixing It: How the VP of Engineering at Box Approaches High-Stake Change (with Tamar Bercovici, VP of Engineering at Box) [Podcast] - different levels of leadership and focusing on goals

What it takes to scale engineering [Podcast] - interesting insights in GitHub's scaling 

How to tackle friction between product and engineering in scale-ups [Podcast] - I liked the articles, this is good too.

But what about the BAU work? - make work visible, especially hidden work, focus on values, structure teams along values 

Alignment > Autonomy - autonomy alone is not enough

Work

Fixing work's people problem(s) [Podcast]

World’s biggest four-day working week trial ends in success - BBC News  [Podcast] - I might want this more as an employee than an employer

Urbanism

Bicycles become most popular mode of transport on City of London roads - build it and they will come  

UK town “blames” rail freight for congestion - no comment

Random Wolf

Is the Alpha Wolf Idea a Myth? - turns out, we made that up

Rawls' Theory of Justice [Podcast] - "Rawls’ radical idea was that those inequalities must be to the greatest advantage not to the richest but to the worst off."

250 km2 area off Costa Brava coast designated eligible for wind farms - I am expecting some more protests

Dumb Password Rules - good bookmark to keep for future discussions

Why We Rave - I miss raves :-( 

The Dream of the Nineties is Still Alive - "Historical Characters"

Understanding Firearm Deaths by State—and How to Reduce Them - never going to happen

Friday Links Disclaimer

Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kind of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time you might notice common themes, though.

More about the links in a separate post: About Friday Links.