Since Twitter has been going downhill for a while and I am mostly leaving Facebook and Instagram, I have been searching for an alternative. Mastodon is the obvious candidate. I had created an account a while ago, and it offers an ad and algorithm free alternative. You can also take control by having your personal server. Below are some of the links I found helpful. ...
A mixed bag of goodies this week. Since Twitter might get even worse, I am now also publishing on Mastodon. Leadership Communication Models and How They Scale - “almost any model works for a group of <100” - I think the problem is that people cling to that for too long 3 big moments that can define your leadership career - start, choose, do ...
A few articles about writing stuff down this week. I love the long read about NTP and the podcast about 1984. Leadership Putting Amazon’s PR/FAQ to Practice - I am not good at writing long documents, but I like the idea and even one-pagers would be already an improvement to most processes ...
Podcast edition! I love the Björk: Sonic Symbolism podcast. It brings back so many memories from my time in London. The Happiness Lab (in random) and leadership podcasts are also great. Leadership Ep - 12 - How do I grow a culture of empowerment? feat. Meri Williams (ex-CTO Monzo, MOO, Healx) [Podcast] - first part of the interview which I really liked. ...
Many topics this week. I love the hack of a stolen laptop, the post of cascading goals made me think, good climate news cheered me up and check out random for some fun and funny stuff. Leadership Setting your engineers up for success: how Skyscanner created greater clarity in our competencies and pathways to progression - interesting approach, kind of similar to my favourite one from Etsy TBM 41/51: Why Goal Cascades are Harmful (and What to Do Instead) - interesting. I always thought top down, cascading goals were a good thing. I have to think about this more. ...