Civics What if we replaced elected politicians with randomly selected citizens? Sounds like a wonderful idea, and it appears the pilot for the concept was a success. I agree that our current solution has optimized for the wrong criteria, and…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 9
Agile 5 Things That Maximize the Value of Training (via Leading Agile) Know what problem you’re trying to solve. Have that purpose in mind. Make sure the people you send actually want to be there and know why they’re there….
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 8
Agile Eliminating Barriers to Business Agility with Governance (via Leading Agile) Dependencies are how organizational impediments arise. If you have few dependencies between teams, a governance model is too much overhead. However, it may not make sense to break some…
A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms – Part 11
This week we covered the last two chapters A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, 2nd ed. by Jay Wengrow (link). I’ve been coding along in Python on my Github. Our topics today were space constraints and techniques for…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 7
Business The Most Pressing People Questions Facing Companies Today (via Harvard Business Review) How do you balance your human workforce with automation? What are your plans for remote work? How are you helping ensure employee mental health? How are you…
A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms – Part 10
This week we covered chapter 18 of A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, 2nd ed. by Jay Wengrow (link). I’ve been coding along in Python on my Github. Our topic today was graphs. Jamie did the examples in…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 6
Business Should You Rehire an Employee Who Left Your Company? (via Harvard Business Review) A study showed there’s no significant change in (1) performance of the re-hire, (2) improvement in their performance over time compared to external or internal hires,…
A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms – Part 9
This week we covered chapter 17 of A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, 2nd ed. by Jay Wengrow (link). I’ve been coding along in Python on my Github. Our topic today was tries. Wikipedia says trie can be…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 5
Agile Scrum Master Panel Discussion @ Clayton Homes I was one of three panelists (Gretchen Node, Arash Farsi); facilitated by Joanna Holbrook. We talked about the Scrum Master role with focuses on inspiration, motivation, tactical tips, and how others can…
A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms – Part 8
This week we covered chapters 15 and 16 of A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, 2nd ed. by Jay Wengrow (link). I’ve been coding along in Python on my Github. Our topics today were binary search trees and…