Bookmarks tagged “leadership”
92 bookmarks tagged “leadership”
Why Our Leaders Fail Us and Then Save Us: The Preventable Problem Paradox |
Have you ever wondered why a smart company like Facebook is also the undisputed World Champion of Self-Inflicted Debacles? Or, why Google falls prey to avoidable mistakes — across its products…
How I Structured Engineering Teams at LinkedIn and AdMob for Success | Firs
LinkedIn’s SVP of Engineering shares the team structure and mindset that clinched its $2.5B IPO.
Why senior engineers get nothing done | Swizec Teller
You start a new job and it's amazing. Code all day, clear objectives, easy guidelines, ship a bunch of features be a hero. Then something happens and suddenly you get nothing done. 🤔
How to keep the plates spinning in software development | by Mike Reid | Hu
Imagine you have seven plates spinning on top of sticks in front of you. Each is precious and it’s up to you to keep them from toppling over. The last thing you want is a floor full of broken plates…
If Management Isn’t A Promotion, Then Engineering Isn’t A Demotion – charit
I wrote a piece this week about what motivates people to become managers (tldr mostly org dysfunction), and Julian Dunn replied with some typically insightful tweets: (I originally titled this arti…
The magic ingredient that improves workshop collaboration | by Will Lester
I love working collaboratively. I get a real buzz out of getting a group together, grappling tricky problems and bouncing around ideas. At its best, collaboration can be an energising experience. But…
If software architects' soft skills fail, so does the business
Mark Richards and Neal Ford, authors of 'Fundamentals of Software Architecture,' share real-life examples of why architects must communicate well, and explain how to do it.
Ice, water, steam: reflecting on the language of agile teams | by James Ber
Lately, I’ve been thinking about what we need to do to continue our journey towards world-class engineering, and perform at that level over the long term. I’ve also been thinking about how Xero’s…
Book Summary: Accelerate. Accelerate — Building and Scaling High… | by Trev
By making meaningful steps to introduce and improve your capabilities in continuous delivery, architecture, product & process, lean practices, and culture — you can create a profound impact on…
What software teams can learn from music masterclasses - Helen Hou-Sandí
I come from a musical background, with degrees in piano performance and piano accompanying and chamber music, and I think a lot about how that’s shaped who I’ve become in web and software development. I’ve even gotten to give a talk relating musicianship skills to programming and
Research-backed actions to help communicate more effectively
University of Oregon professors offer science-backed strategies to converse and connect with coworkers, clients, and family in a virtual environment.
Staff-plus interview processes.
When we talk about designing a Staff-plus engineer interview loop, the first thing to talk about is that absolutely no one is confident their Staff-plus interview loop works well. Many loops end up looking for a senior engineer who’s really fast at solving problems, which doesn’t
How I Learned to Have Uncomfortable Conversations | Human Parts
I had 50 painfully uncomfortable conversations with strangers in New York City to practice being assertive under pressure. Here’s what I learned.
The Culture Map: A Systematic & Intentional Tool For Designing Great Compan
If I asked you: what’s the one thing you’ll do differently tomorrow to make your organization a better place to work, where would you start? How would you design, communicate and implement
Team Objectives - Overview | Silicon Valley Product Group
After many years of being a very vocal advocate for the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) technique, in the majority of companies I meet, I have stopped recommending the practice. That’s because, in so many companies, even though conceptually the technique is simple and sound, it
How DISC is like the Hogwarts Houses
Often with behavioral profiles like DISC, being able to apply the concept to something you already know, helps to quickly understand it. If you are familiar with Harry Potter, then this is an excellent platform to better get to know DISC behavioral profiling. Whether you grew up
The software engineer’s guide to asserting dominance in the workplace
As a software engineer, changing jobs is a way of life. Every day, beautiful recruiters from top tech companies reach out to you on LinkedIn with new opportunities, and each new job equals higher pay…
Do you have what it takes to be an agile coach? - Humans of Xero - Medium
Before joining Xero, I used to work in project management. The way we ran projects was to think about people as specialised resources who would be deployed to different initiatives. But there was one…
How the Best Bosses Interrupt Bias on Their Teams
Strategies to foster equity and inclusion