Business Don’t Underestimate the Power of Luck When It Comes to Success in Business (via HBR) Looking at the stars (e.g., athletes, successful startups) may lead to more luck-oriented results. Many of those stars are one-offs and don’t have a…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 24
Business The High Cost of Poor Succession Planning (via HBR) “Why are some of the world’s biggest and most powerful organizations getting CEO appointments so wrong? For five main reasons: lack of attention to succession, poor leadership development, suboptimal board…
Study drugs: Snyder du systemet eller dig selv?
I’m learning Danish, and I want to try something different blog-post wise. This is my attempt at translating the provided closed captions on a Danish news video about students misusing prescription drugs for school. Study drugs: Snyder du systemet eller…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 23
Agile “Stories” Don’t Tell a Story: Good Sprint Planning Uses Milestones (via Software Lead Weekly) Don’t get too focused on the granular user stories; pick a milestone and work backward Epics (or whatever noun your project management tool uses for…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 22
Business The Challenge of Rebuilding U.S. Domestic Supply Chains (via HBR) “We don’t recommend that the United States or any country try to be self-sufficient in everything; there are too many benefits to be derived from global sourcing. But in…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 21
Culture Why the US Can’t Handle Crises Big Sugar buried the research from the 1950s that sugar (not fat) is linked to obesity, a very expensive healthcare problem. Low-fat foods added sugar to compensate for poor flavor, thus doubling the…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 20
Agile How Project Managers Can Stay Relevant in Agile Organizations (via Harvard Business Review) Make sure you understand their organization’s goals when it comes to implementing agile workflows. Rethink your success metrics: rather than meeting a set budget, timeline, or…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 19
Agile Half Agile Ain’t Agile (via Leading Agile) Most companies “implement” Agile on the execution side (i.e., far-right) where the software is developed. Agile applies on the strategy side as well: “The ability to produce better business outcomes by connecting…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 18
Danish at gå ud fra — to assume; lit: to go out from kragetæer — chicken scratch (writing that’s difficult to read); lit: crow’s feet at høre hjemme — to belong; lit: to hear home Ethics Case Study: Protect Yourself…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 17
Communication How to talk about climate change so people actually care (via TED) Use plain, obvious, neutral language so that people understand. Ex: pollution blanket instead of climate change. Focus on the individuals, not the issues. “Awakenings are personal, locally…