AI generated Image, cyclists near a road leading to a city The second part of the interview with Meri Williams is interesting. I have been playing more with Emacs and got a bit depressed after watching what Toronto has done to the city. Leadership Ep - 13 - Why does feedback matter? feat. Meri Williams (ex-CTO Monzo, MOO, Healx) [Podcast] - second part of this great interview new little song: “The Re-Org Rag (I’m My Own VP)” [Tweet, Video] - hits a bit close to home ...
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. ...
AI generated art of modern, but run down office building Quiet week. The team assessment repository has a lot in it and I just started looking through it. Interesting papers about urbanism, but maybe I just say that because it confirms my bias. Leadership Multi-team Software Delivery Assessment - nice collection of useful team assessments, everything from team health, to delivery and security Imposter Syndrome [Comic] – it’s me Benefits of Pulse Surveys for Remote and Distributed Teams - a bit spammy. I used to be highly sceptical, but now I am a convert. If done right and with the right communication, these can be super helpful for all teams. ...
This week I enjoyed the podcasts about Culture AMP’s data and the one with Daniel Pink about regret. I am still browsing the Gallup State of Workplace survey, it is a lot of data. Leadership Build Week at Buffer: What It Is and How We’re Approaching It - we used to call that just hack week. Build week is definitely more inclusive. ...