Friday Links 21-23

Friday Links 21-23

Sorry for the long post, but this is again for two weeks. A few podcasts and lots of blog posts about the usual topics. The random selection also got a bit out of hand. Managment Limits to one Product Backlog - 1 - PO on team or feature There’s no ‘I’ in burnout “How do you give someone new work even as they’re drowning under the existing work?” ...

July 2, 2021 · 7 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 21-22

Friday Links 21-22

I was off last Friday, so this is a double dose. Remote work is probably a topic which will stay with us for a while, but it seems people want to start a war about it. Maybe it is OK to like different things here? Management Building an Incident Management Response Team - do something like that or similar ...

June 18, 2021 · 6 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 21-21

Friday Links 21-21

Some new articles about remote work. This is becoming interesting for a lot of companies now, as office are reopening and employees are wondering what it will mean. Also some good thinking about testing and how to embrace your personality as a leader. Management TBM 23b/52: Cognitive Load "“My head hurts” is valid. It is a signal." Do you know your communication style at work? Take our quiz to find out - silly quiz, but apparently I am dominant ...

June 4, 2021 · 5 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 21-20

Friday Links 21-20

Spotify and Shopify are publishing some good articles on technology and management recently. Also some good news for the environment. Management Achieving Team Purpose and Pride with Scrum - how one team at Spotify improved their team with Scrum Who’s the Boss? [Podcast] - about giving employees the freedom to express themselves at work Key Remote Work Statistics to Keep in Mind in 2021 - nothing surprising, the rest of 2021 will be interesting to watch ...

May 28, 2021 · 4 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 21-19

Friday Links 21-19

I love the weird stuff people hack in their free time. Be it bringing retro computers back to life, weird use of MOV instructions or lock picking. Not everything has to be productive in the conventional sense. Podcast backlog 29h 47m (!) Management The Surprising Power of Simply Asking Coworkers How They’re Doing - not that surprising Spotify Guilds - I was looking for a refresher on the Spotify guilds, chapters and how they are managed. This is a good summary. ...

May 21, 2021 · 4 min · Christof Damian