Most of the current electric cars are either very fast, very fancy or very cute. Ours definitely isn’t any of these. We would have loved to get a cute small one like the Honda-e. We certainly didn’t want an SUV. There are some electric dream cars out there, like the Rivian R1S, but this isn’t available yet and also out of our price range. Because of our large collection of dogs, we needed something with enough space for them. Ideally something robust and easy to clean as the dogs are currently nibbling at everything they get their hands on. ...

A few good articles about how to be a bad leader. And some depressing environmental news. Play Stray to cheer you up! Leadership Hierarchy of Metrics - this is a nice happy land of metrics and probably not happening in the real world A Checklist Manifetsy - an Etsy checklist for new features and about checklists in general ...

Small wooden sailing boat Lots of good news and videos in Urbanism this week. I also enjoyed the podcast with Marshall Goldsmith. Leadership When there’s a Re-org [TikTok] - not funny! Screw SCRUM: Guide to Building a Truly Agile Organization [Podcast] - don’t actually screw scrum TBM 30/52: Why Don’t We Have a Strategy? - “The problem is that there are disincentives to thinking strategically.” A Customer-Focused Approach to Tooling - platform teams should treat their output as products with a focus on developers as customers ...

This week I have been looking at the good and bad of Agile Maturity Models. I haven’t formed an opinion yet. Good stuff in “Random”! Leadership Agile Maturity Models Guide to Building an Agile Maturity Model Here’s What’s Wrong with Maturity Models How Agile are you? Free Agile Maturity Assessment Building Your Own Agile Team Maturity Assessment The complete guide to Agile Maturity Assessment TBM 29B/52: Asking for Feedback and Pushback - “Experience matters, and that includes your ability to foster an environment friendly to everyone giving and receiving feedback within their comfort zone.” ...

Two weeks of links. Sorry. I have been thinking and catching up with my leadership reading, especially around the first team concept. The flatground skateboard video is worth a watch, and the Ziggy Stardust podcast is great too. Leadership First Team Mindset - The concept from the book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” I have been looking into this again over the recent weeks, here is a collection of resources. I have a better idea about what this means as a director compared to a CTO now. ...