Some good long reads today: The classic "Give Away Your Legos", how to slowly kill your org, Why Spotify Squads are a Failure and Bicycle Graveyards. A few podcasts, the one about agile is definitely worth it. Leadership‘Give Away Your Legos’ and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups - classic article ...
YOONIVISION -- Flatground Series Two weeks of links. Sorry. I have been thinking and catching up with my leadership reading, especially around the first team concept. The flatground skateboard video is worth a watch, and the Ziggy Stardust podcast is great too. LeadershipFirst Team Mindset - The concept from the book "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" I have been looking into this again over the recent weeks, here is a collection of resources. I have a better idea about what this means as a director compared to a CTO now. ...
For some reason I have no urbanism topics or podcasts! Dave Kellogg brings an interesting perspective on leadership levels. It is an old article but still valid. He seems to be going against the stream in general. Worth a follow! LeadershipCareer Development: What It Really Means to be a Manager, Director, or VP - interesting perspective I agree on ...
I have a new job. You can expect more about hiring and communication here in the coming weeks. My weird hobby topics will continue. LeadershipLeading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot - Code as Craft is back and it is good. I really liked this one. Pivots are tricky, the ground shifts below you. ...
R5 Turbo This week I loved the article about the Single Threaded Owner. Or if you want something to listen to: The Sistine Chapel discussed at In Our Time. LeadershipYour migration probably isn’t failing due to insufficient staffing. - there are so many things to go wrong that I question the wisdom of doing them at all. ...