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” ...
Sad news about Michael K. Williams and Sir Clive Sinclair passing away. People who influenced me in quite different but profound ways. Of course you also get the my usual link dump, again from the last two weeks. Environment news are frustrating as always and I don’t think COP26 is going to cheer me up. ...
This week I was mostly thinking about Scrum and how it can affect developer happiness and productivity. I have certainly an opinion, but I am still in the data and information gathering phase. I also caught up with podcasts again. Lots of good stuff about management. Management Introducing DecisionOps - I am not sure that word will catch on, but still a nice post ...
No random section today! I am catching up with my podcasts and really enjoyed the one about Sad Days. It also seems that climate change will affect more of our life sooner than most expected. Management How to Motivate Your Team [Comic] - another good strip from Basic Instructions We should allow sad days, not just sick days [Podcast] - I certainly could have used a few sad days … and maybe I took them ...
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 ...