Friday Links 24-17

Friday Links 24-17

Book cover: Commodore Amiga a visual Commpendium The leadership antipatterns are quite good, so is the video about a new development in Amsterdam. Leadership Product Coaching with Petra Wille [Podcast] - coaching not agile coaches. Briefly: Anonymous Questions - how to set up Q&As as a leader Unexpected Anti-Patterns for Engineering Leaders — Lessons From Stripe, Uber & Carta - #3 being a shit-umbrella Engineering What to Know Before You Implement Public-Facing APIs - I still think versioning APIs is overrated. ...

June 7, 2024 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 24-16

Friday Links 24-16

This week, the “City in A Bottle” JavaScript demo blew me away. The podcasts in the leadership section are also pretty good. Leadership Albert Strasheim, CTO at Rippling, on Embracing Rapid Iteration and Setting Goals for Accountability [Podcast] - interesting ideas about project management and also insights into our competition. A company is not a family with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky [Podcast] - I didn’t know the origin of the name! I also think that overcommunication is a good thing. I am working on that. ...

May 31, 2024 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 24-15

Friday Links 24-15

This week I enjoyed the podcast with Vitaly Pecherskiy, and the one about improv and presence. If you like alcohol-free cocktails, the article from The Guardian has a good list, with some weird tricks, like clarifying coconut milk. Leadership Vitaly Pecherskiy, Co-Founder at StackAdapt, on the Role of the CEO, Mental Models, and Employee Onboarding [Podcast] - I liked the insights about leadership composition and constantly improving yourself. ...

May 24, 2024 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 24-14

Friday Links 24-14

A collection of vinyl single records This week’s recommendation is everything in Urbanism. It’s all about improving cities. Two podcasts and one YouTube video. Leadership Wisdom for Work #23 - Cultivating Conditions of Courage [Podcast] - how to lead with honesty and foster psychological safety Sociotechnical Maestros with Gene Kim [Podcast] - I am not a big fan of most of Gene Kim’s books, but this interview is pretty good. ...

May 17, 2024 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 24-13

Friday Links 24-13

This week I enjoyed the interviews with Hazel Weakley and Melinda French Gates. For some reason, I also have a few clubbing related links. If you like electronic music and play around with it yourself, I recommend the podcast with Alex McLean about live coding. Leadership Software Development As Collective Learning With Hazel Weakly [Podcast] - Very thoughtful interview about Hazels journey and her views on leadership. ...

May 3, 2024 · 3 min · Christof Damian