A collection of vinyl single records This week’s recommendation is everything in Urbanism. It’s all about improving cities. Two podcasts and one YouTube video. Leadership Wisdom for Work #23 - Cultivating Conditions of Courage [Podcast] - how to lead with honesty and foster psychological safety Sociotechnical Maestros with Gene Kim [Podcast] - I am not a big fan of most of Gene Kim’s books, but this interview is pretty good. ...
This week I enjoyed the interviews with Hazel Weakley and Melinda French Gates. For some reason, I also have a few clubbing related links. If you like electronic music and play around with it yourself, I recommend the podcast with Alex McLean about live coding. Leadership Software Development As Collective Learning With Hazel Weakly [Podcast] - Very thoughtful interview about Hazels journey and her views on leadership. ...
Both leadership podcasts about managers and coaching are excellent. The post about remote work is also interesting. People are different, so are organisations. Leadership The future of work? “The manager as a therapist” [Podcast] - I think I used that line before. I am not sure if this is a good thing. Extras #24 - Building High-Performing Teams Through Coaching - with Steph Yiu [Podcast] - interesting stuff from Automatic. I would love to see that kind of support in all companies. ...
Some cheerful urbanism news this week. It is especially great to see how Paris is progressing. For a fun nerdy read, have a look at the tic-tac-toe implemented in printf, or the floppy history. Engineering How to measure your cloud carbon footprint [Podcast] - nice open-source tool. Backdoor in XZ Utils That Almost Happened - Schneier weighs in too. The Turing Police say “X Wins” - tic-tac-toe implemented in a single printf. ...
Heisenberg’s indeterminacy principle formula. Two weeks of links, which includes a collection from the xz debacle. I loved reading these, as this is a good combination of spy story and technology postmortem. If you want to read an overview, read the timeline post. Good podcasts this week: about the Heisenberg principle, and the silencing of climate protesters in the UK. Leadership Getting real with Employee Experience [Podcast] - two good interviews with people active in the area. ...