It is a bit sad that he is leaving In Our Time, but I enjoyed the interview with Melvyn Bragg. The blog post about curiosity as a leader is short and great. Leadership Should you include engineers in your leadership meetings? - interesting idea, not really in my area at the moment. Curiosity is the first-step in problem solving - I think curiosity is always a good place to start from. ...
This week I enjoyed the podcast about Venezuela, the blog post about asking, and the one from Lara Hogan about employees getting stuck. Leadership How can we make asking easier? - if you want public question, you have to make it safe, otherwise accept private ones. Creating momentum when an employee is stuck - this was more helpful than I expected :-) I’m Going to Dig a Hole - sometimes you have to let people do stupid things. ...
This week I enjoyed the podcast about Godbolt’s Rule and the one with Sir Tim Berners-Lee. You might notice more podcasts this week. Something went wrong with my link collection system recently. I am also moving the blog … more things will go wrong. Leadership Stop Picking Sides: Manage the Tension Between Adaptation and Optimization - nicely put. It’s similar to the creation vs maintenance tension. ...
First round of links for 2026. Everything is bad, so have some links to cheer you up. I really liked the article about visibility, the one about Friday deploys, and sitting alone in a café … which I can relate to. I am a big fan of Bill Nighy’s podcast, that certainly will improve your mood. For some reason, the random section is full of cassette tape related links. ...
Clearly, I have been slacking for the last weeks. Just look at all the links from other people at the bottom! This might also be the last post for the year, as I will be enjoying the festive season. Nonetheless, a lot of great content this week. I discovered a few new blogs that will keep me busy for the future. ...