Business 3 Things You’re Getting Wrong About Organizational Change (via Harvard Business Review) “Follow best practices” becomes “share your failures” “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” becomes “fix it anyway” “Control your assets” becomes “share your assets” Run Your…
Revell F-4G Phantom II: Part 8
The eighth step in the build is the main prep work before painting. This step took 6 hrs 31 mins. So far this was my least favorite activity. The purposes of this step are to (1) correct areas of the…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 13
This week we discussed sections 6.5 and 6.6. Section 6.5 — Performance Management Systems “A good [career] ladder allows individuals to accurately self-assess…” Geoff agreed 100% — you should be able to know where you are relatively to the positions…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 23
Agile Can a Team Vote Someone Off the Team? (via Mountain Goat Software) There are four types of team authority: manager-led, self-managing, self-designing, self-governing. You also need some kind of management for alignment and standards. The author gave an example…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 12
This week we discussed sections 6.3 and 6.4. Section 6.3 — Cold Sourcing: Hire Someone You Don’t Know We all found this part more technically dry; most of us hadn’t really done much work on hiring funnels. Hiring bias: “The…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 22
Agile The Agile C-Suite (via Harvard Business Review) Interesting piece about how a company used Agile principles all the way to the top. It’s about striking a balance between standardizing operations and pursuing innovations. The CEO, CFO, CHRO, CIO, COO,…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 11
This week we discussed sections 6.1 and 6.2. Section 6.1: Roles over rocket ships, and why hypergrowth is a weak predictor of personal growth It’s been the norm in tech to stay someplace for two years and move on. Jamie…
Revell F-4G Phantom II: Part 7
The seventh step in the build is the exhaust. This step took 4 hrs 37 min. Assembly For this project I purchased an airbrush with a smaller needle (0.2 vs 0.4 mm) for finer work, so I used this opportunity…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 21
Business What Happens When an Employee Calls the Ombudsman? (via Harvard Business Review) An ombuds (the more current term) is a neutral third party to resolve issues, such as sexual harassment. People in this role are good listeners and partner…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 10
This week we discussed sections 5.3 through the end of the chapter. Section 5.3 — Make your peers your first team The ingredients necessary for a team are awareness of each other’s work, evolution from character to person, refereeing defection,…