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,…
Revell F-4G Phantom II: Part 6
The sixth step in the build is the outer wings. This step took 2 hrs 1 min. Assembly The slats are not a perfect fit. All of the diagrams in the instructions and pictures don’t give much guidance. It seems…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 20
Career The Pandemic Has Exposed the Fallacy of the “Ideal Worker” (via Harvard Business Review) The “ideal worker” comes from the 1960s where a household has a breadwinner/homemaker couple. Having to work from home without schools and childcare available, those…