Friday

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

This week I recommend the reviews of NoSQL and “Spotify Model”. It is good to look back at these hypes after a bit of time and learn from the good and the bad bits. Leadership Becoming a Genius Maker: Liz Wiseman’s Approach to Multiplying Your Team’s Potential (with Liz Wiseman, Author and CEO of The Wiseman Group) [Podcast] - many good ideas about enabling your team to do their best work … instead of you doing it. ...

Two podcast suggestions for you today. Exposing rainforest carbon credits: why offsetting isn’t working, which is worrying but expected and Ukraine: Under the Counter, about people coming together to do help. Leadership 30-60 days in a new leadership role: run experiments for change - that seems early to me Internal comms for executives. - “Good communication is a series of habits” Five Ways Toward a Fairer, More Transparent Hiring Process - transparency and good communication is the key here. ...