Business Is China Actually Stealing American Jobs and Wealth? (via Harvard Business Review) No. This article reviewed the data for purchasing power, unemployment, bribery, piracy rates, and patent claims. Why Is Every Streaming Service Using the Same Pricing Model? (via…
Making Work Visible – Part 1
Our book club (Houston Miller and Jameson McGhee) started on our third book Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow by Dominica DeGrandis and Tonianne DeMaria. Although Jameson has already read the book, we all agreed…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 45
Business Your Employees Have All the Creativity You Need. Let Them Prove It. (via Harvard Business Review) This post could be filed under the growth vs. fixed mindset. “Creativity is inherent because each of us has a perspective only one…
Remote – Part 7
Here are my notes for the seventh section, “Life as a Remote Worker”. Having a routine for your day is helpful. Houston’s is catch-up work from 9-10am, daily standup, group call or pairing sessions, and then free-form time. Houston has…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 44
Culture In Praise of Being Unproductive (via Harvard Business Review) Technology has created two expectations: 1) that we’re available at all times, and 2) if you could be working, you should be working. On top of that, capitalism’s tendency is…
Remote – Part 6
Here are my notes for the sixth section, “Managing Remote Workers”. Start small and think of having a remote team as a low-risk experiment; try things out and keep what works. Unless you have good collaboration tools, working remotely will…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 43
Business Where Net Promoter Score Goes Wrong (via Harvard Business Review) This reminds me of the body mass index (BMI) issue — it’s not accurate, but it’s simple to compute and reason about. Humans are weird and can do things…
RPM 84 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2019 Q4 release, RPM 84. I’ll start with my general thoughts for the release, and if you’re interested in a track-by-track breakdown, keep on reading. General thoughts…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 42
Business The Problem with Accounting for Employees as Costs Instead of Assets (via Harvard Business Review) Current accounting practices worked when things were manufacturing-based: big piece of equipment needs a person to turn raw material into goods. In today’s world…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 41
Business A New Approach to Contracts (via Harvard Business Review) Most contracts are used as protections against the possibility that one party will abuse its power against the other, which starts the relationship in an adversarial or at best, defensive,…