Business What Would It Take to Reskill Entire Industries? (via Harvard Business Review) What does reskilling really mean? Content, format, and financial investment. How long does reskilling take? Some say around 480 hours. How can we make reskilling a reality…
Radical Candor – Part 4
This week we discussed the last part of Chapter 3 (understanding what motivates each person on your team). On shooting stars… Dennis recalled the first talk he remembered from CodeStock. A CEO had dev he worked with for a while,…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 28
Business Rethinking Work Schedules? Consider These 4 Questions. (via Harvard Business Review) How does my organization’s scheduling practices affect employee effectiveness and well-being? Can we better align our work schedules with the needs, desires, and personalities of our employees? What…
Radical Candor – Part 3
This week we discussed the first part of Chapter 3 (understanding what motivates each person on your team). Maybe some of these management styles are correct, but we need to give them space to morph into something new. Some people…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 27
Agile When You’re Agile But Your Management Isn’t Really (via Mountain Goat Software) Agile transformations typically fail when management doesn’t truly understand what this means and even worse when they don’t listen to feedback. This article has some tips about…
Radical Candor – Part 2
This week we focused on Chapter 2. Chapter 2 – Get, Give, and Encourage Guidance On saying “um” too much… “Would you like me to recommend a speech coach for you?” Must be nice to have such luxuries in a…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 26
Business Marketing Meets Mission (via Harvard Business Review) Brands have the ability to use marketing for social good. The author calls out a Unilever soap brand that found ways to increase hand-washing, thus reducing infectious disease. A beer brand also…
Radical Candor – Part 1
Our new book club choice (recommended by Jamie) is Radical Candor by Kim Scott. This week we focused on the preface, introduction, and Chapter 1. Preface to the Revised Edition “The Silicon Valley episode taught me something important: some people…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 25
Business Are Our Management Theories Outdated? (via Harvard Business Review) This essay describes our society being at an inflection point where we try to maximize efficiency (Taylorism) and profit (capitalism) over the people in the system. People need a broader…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 14
This week we finished the final main chapter, Chapter 6. We decided not to discuss Chapter 7 as it’s more of a reference. Section 6.7 — Creating Special Roles, Like SRE to TPMs SRE = site reliability engineer TPM =…