Friday Links 21-24

Friday Links 21-24

This weeks ransomware attack shines another light on the dumpster fire of cryptocurrencies. Some banks are waking up, but it is probably too late for a lot of people. On the other hand some positive posts on management, engineering and urbanism. Management Leadership Stories from Slack by Michael Lopp [Podcast] - Rands telling stories about his experiences in various companies do archeology on ONE product initiative … even something small. visualize the journey. - nice timeline of a product initiative by John Cutler ...

July 9, 2021 · 4 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 21-23

Friday Links 21-23

Sorry for the long post, but this is again for two weeks. A few podcasts and lots of blog posts about the usual topics. The random selection also got a bit out of hand. Managment Limits to one Product Backlog - 1 - PO on team or feature There’s no ‘I’ in burnout “How do you give someone new work even as they’re drowning under the existing work?” ...

July 2, 2021 · 7 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 21-22

Friday Links 21-22

I was off last Friday, so this is a double dose. Remote work is probably a topic which will stay with us for a while, but it seems people want to start a war about it. Maybe it is OK to like different things here? Management Building an Incident Management Response Team - do something like that or similar ...

June 18, 2021 · 6 min · Christof Damian
Friday Links 21-21

Friday Links 21-21

Some new articles about remote work. This is becoming interesting for a lot of companies now, as office are reopening and employees are wondering what it will mean. Also some good thinking about testing and how to embrace your personality as a leader. Management TBM 23b/52: Cognitive Load "“My head hurts” is valid. It is a signal." Do you know your communication style at work? Take our quiz to find out - silly quiz, but apparently I am dominant ...

June 4, 2021 · 5 min · Christof Damian
Bank Holiday Links 21-12

Bank Holiday Links 21-12

A big post today, as last week I was distracted by too many puppies. I caught up with my podcasts and there is some good stuff like the Dunbar one. Also a small section about my cassette tape problem. Management Robin Dunbar makes the case for human connection [Podcast] - sometimes one forgets that there are people behind things like the Dunbar Number. ...

April 1, 2021 · 6 min · Christof Damian