Leadership

This week I enjoyed the last episode in the Industry Special from Escape Collective about Chinese brands. The Overnight Success podcast is worth subscribing to, even if you are not into bicycles. It’s about founders and their businesses. Quote of the Week The technologies we use to try to “get on top of everything” always fail us, in the end, because they increase the size of the “everything” of which we’re trying to get on top. Four Thousand Weeks Oliver Burkeman Leadership Struggle Creates Value - “We are going to, and we need, to struggle together.” ...

This week was weird. Something happened to my RSS reader. Anyway … still some good stuff — the interview with Kelsey Hightower, and the piece on how Meta is messing up its culture. Quote of the Week Remember, Peter Drucker said that if people spend more than 25 percent of their time in meetings, it is a sign of malorganization. I would put it another way: the real sign of malorganization is when people spend more than 25 percent of their time in ad hoc mission-oriented meetings. High Output Management Andrew S. Grove Leadership Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization? - sign of maturity :-) ...

Again a few good podcasts, I especially liked the one about The Pre-Training Wall and the Mythical Man Month. Quote of the Week Rule of thumb: When the debate is no longer productive, it’s time to make a decision. Managing Humans Michael Lopp Leadership The Ask - what is this meeting actually about? ...

Two weeks of links again! Three podcast recommendations from me, if you got the time: Dadaism, Cow Resistance, and Desert Island with Si King. The post by Rands about being overwhelmed as a leader is also great. Quote of the Week Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams Leadership Barely Treading Water - I can relate very much. “Say No” is a good start. ...

A bit of a mixed bag today. Good reads are the Agents and the Era of Overproduction and AI reshaping values at Enode blog posts. Podcast-wise, give Driverless World and the Pedro Sánchez episode a listen. Quote of the Week “It’s like the free puppy,” I continue. “It’s not the upfront capital that kills you, it’s the operations and maintenance on the back end.” The Phoenix Project Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford Leadership TBM 418: Campfires, Trails, and Quests - collection of how AI affects teams. ...