Catching up with everything again. Some good long reads in the Work section, especially the report about women in the workplace. Management Agile vs Kanban [YouTube] - forget about the “vs”, he just gives an introduction to both and some personal opinions Don’t worry, you’re not wasting your mentor’s time. - good to know, now I need some mentors… 1.0 Is the Loneliest Number - “By shipping early and often you have the unique competitive advantage” ...
As every year at Devex the company takes a week long Summer break in August. August isn’t really the best month to take holiday in Spain, because on the one hand everybody does and on the other hand tends to be really hot. That’s why I tend to do a trip on my own, without my girlfriend. In the recent years this have been cycling holidays. ...
Because I am travelling at the moment we have another double pack. Good stuff on management this week and depressing on the environment as usual. I haven’t decided if I’ll add a anti-cryptocurrency section or if I just leave it out. For now it is in random. Management The 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers - I am not sure what is so micro about them, but still not bad for a list like this ...
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?” ...
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 ...