Agile The Five P’s of Agility (via SWLW) Leadership How to Be a Good Leader in a Bad Economy (via HBR) “The potential of a recession on the heels of the Covid-19 pandemic means that the usual strategies for managing…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 5
This step was about the underbody. Here’s the gallery with 39 images of this step. For this step, it was about combining a single piece with some assemblies created in previous steps. The challenge is that the underbody has three…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 48
.NET Every single feature added in C# 11 (via Nick Chapsas) This ~30-minute video outlines all the new features in C# 11 with interactive examples. The C# keyword you can ONLY use in LINQ, but carefully (via Nick Chapsas) The…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 47
Managing people 6 Ways to Reenergize a Depleted Team (via HBR) Mental health How to Respond When an Employee Shares a Mental Health Challenge (via HBR) Operations What Really Makes Toyota’s Production System Resilient (via HBR) Values What Does Your…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 4
This step was about the rear suspension. Here’s the gallery with 19 images of this step. The shock absorbers and brake assemblies worked pretty much like the previous step. Getting things to line up was tricky because there are three…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 46
Performance management HBR Guide to Performance Management Start-ups 5 Ways Startups Can Prepare for a Recession (via HBR)
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 45
Diversity and inclusion 6 Behavioral Nudges to Reduce Bias in Hiring and Promotions (via HBR) Technology What Is a Developer Experience Team? (via SWLW) I don’t think my current company is quite big enough to have this formally defined, but…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 44
Collaboration What a Healthy Team Looks Like (via SWLW) They design how they work together They have good research habits They get to a testable, measurable hypothesis ASAP They build to learn They create value and ship regularly They build…
Tamiya Mazda MX-5 – Step 3
This step was about the rear axle. Here’s the gallery with 32 images of this step. Although there were only six sprue pieces, all of them involved multiple paint colors. I also spent a little extra effort sanding off seam…
Professional Development – 2022 – Week 43
HR How HR Lost Employees’ Trust — and How to Get It Back (via HBR) “When employees view HR as more than compliance officers and instead as coaches, mentors, and mediators, they will begin to trust in a system that…