Friday Links 23-10

Friday Links 23-10

Dog sunbathing outside a kitchen window Lots of urbanism links, but apart from that, I can recommend the “The Pillars of Integrity” podcast episode and the (German) story about a dog “Bambam”. Leadership #161 Jim Dethmer: The Pillars of Integrity [Podcast] - this was a great episode, not only about the pillars, but the rest of the chat too Net Promoter Score – Helpful or Harmful? (part 1) - critical view of NPS ...

24 March 2023 · 3 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 23-09

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. ...

10 March 2023 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 23-08

Friday Links 23-08

Wolf face 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. ...

3 March 2023 · 2 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 23-07

Friday Links 23-07

Another week and too many links. But more importantly, today is the anniversary of the aggression against the Ukraine people. It threw me off-centre quite a bit last year, more than the pandemic and more than many things I can remember living through. I won’t forget until this is over and Ukraine free again. Ukraine Solidarity with Ukraine [Twitter] - Led by Donkeys still doing good work ...

24 February 2023 · 5 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 23-06

Friday Links 23-06

In game screenshot from Zwift I highly recommend the article about the man following the UK coastline. I enjoyed the interview with Jason Warner too. Leadership #158 Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work [Podcast] Better to micromanage than be disengaged. - or maybe neither? Voices, Votes, and Vetos: Who Is Making the 100 Million Dollar Decisions? (with Jason Warner, Managing Director at Redpoint Ventures) [Podcast] - I like his pragmatic approach over processes. ...

10 February 2023 · 2 min · Christof Damian