Communication Successful Remote Teams Communicate in Bursts (via Harvard Business Review) “The authors present new research that suggests remote communication is most effective when teams coordinate to communicate in rapid-fire bursts, followed by periods of uninterrupted ‘deep work time’; when…
A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms – Part 1
Our book club is taking a hiatus from technical leadership books to delve into programming-related topics. We’re reading A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, 2nd ed. by Jay Wengrow (link). Some of us learned data structures and algorithms…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 43
Agile How Agile Are You and How Agile Do You Want to Be? (via Leading Agile) There are different styles of work, and how you deal with those needs to change. The practices aren’t enough; you need to consider the…
Radical Candor – Part 18
This week we finished Radical Candor by discussing the bonus chapter (in the revised and updated edition of the book) entitled “A Radically Candid Performance Review.” “The biannual or annual review is performance management, which is different from developmental feedback!”…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 42
Agile The Art of Business Value Given my role as an Agile subject matter expert at Lirio, reading this book is part of my self-guided professional development. Value is everyone’s responsibility — not just the business, not just the product…
Summary: The Art of Business Value
This book was recommended to me by Jamie Phillips. Given my role as an Agile subject matter expert at Lirio, reading this book is part of my self-guided professional development. For a chapter-by-chapter summary and relevant quotations I highlighted while…
Radical Candor – Part 17
This week we discussed the afterword entitled “Rolling Out Radical Candor.” You “Much is written about self-awareness — the ability to recognize your own strengths and weaknesses. There’s less written about relational awareness — the impact you’re having on others.”…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 41
Agile Are We Really Bad at Estimating? (via Mountain Goat Software) We’re good at estimating tasks we’re familiar with (e.g., commuting, cleaning the house). Suppose a project will take 1000 hours, but you won’t know that until the project is…
Radical Candor – Part 16
This week we finished Chapter 8 (Results). There are ten sections: 1:1 conversations, staff meetings, think time, “big debate” meetings, “big decision” meetings, all-hands meetings, meeting-free zones, Kanban boards, walk around, be conscious of culture. “Big Debate” Meetings “Lower the…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 40
Agile 9 Things Wildly Successful Agile Coaches Do (via Agile Amped) Agile Coaching Exchange (ACE) in North America is an organization with an intent to bring coaches together around the mission of building competency and community — http://agilecoachingexchange.com/ (The guest,…