Dates covered: September 10-16, 2018 (week 37 of 52)
Business
- Most Executives Believe in the Business Case for CSR. So Why Don’t They Invest More in It? (via Harvard Business Review)
- A Study Shows the Best Times of Day to Post to Social Media (via Harvard Business Review)
- How a Cyber Attack Could Cause the Next Financial Crisis (via Harvard Business Review)
Career
- Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers (via The Software Mentor)
- What to Do If There’s No Clear Career Path for You at Your Company (via Harvard Business Review)
- Advice for the New Executive (via Software Lead Weekly)
Communication
- Effective E-mail Communication (via Pluralsight)
- Why Facts Don’t Change Minds (via Software Lead Weekly)
Culture
- The Business Case for Curiosity (via Harvard Business Review)
- Startup Interviewing is Fucked (via The Software Mentor)
- Why Seclusion Is the Enemy of Creativity (via Harvard Business Review)
- Is Office Politics a White Man’s Game? (via Harvard Business Review)
- Make Sure Everyone on Your Team Sees Learning as Part of Their Job (via Harvard Business Review)
- In the Name of Love: Elites embrace the “do what you love” mantra. But it devalues work and hurts workers. (via Gillie Hunt)
Management
- Why I Encourage My Best Employees to Consider Outside Job Offers (via Harvard Business Review)
- Give Your Team the Freedom to Do the Work They Think Matters Most (via Harvard Business Review)
- Don’t Try to Be the “Fun Boss” — and Other Lessons in Ethical Leadership (via Harvard Business Review)
- Stop Wasting Money on Team Building (via Harvard Business Review)
- Why Supervisors Envy Their Employees (via Harvard Business Review)
- How Self-Reflection Can Help Leaders Stay Motivated (via Harvard Business Review)
Process
- No Deadlines For You! Software Dev Without Estimates, Specs or Other Lies (via The Software Mentor)
- The Five Dimensions of Curiosity (via Harvard Business Review)
- From Curious to Competent (via Harvard Business Review)
- Why Being an Asshole Can Be a Valuable Life Skill (via Mark Manson)
- How to Learn (via Software Lead Weekly)
Software development
- Model actions, not data (via The Software Mentor)
- Notes to myself on software engineering (via Software Lead Weekly)