March, 2022
February, 2022
Open Slots
08 February 2022I’m working on improving my meeting rhythm.
I’ve booked out time slots in my calendar for specific role groups.
Useful Tools - 2022
04 February 2022Write short concise and clear english communication - Hemmingway Editor
January, 2022
Meeting Types
27 January 2022Some principles
Things to read or watch in 2022
10 January 2022See 2023’s Things to read and watch
See 2021’s Things to read and watch
Focus
10 January 2022We are surrounded by choices. Often we think the mantle of leaderships is to say no to bad opportunities and yes to good ones. If that were the case it would be easy to be a leader… the decisions would be obvious to everyone.
Effective remote work
10 January 20221) Have bookends to signify the beginning and end of day to help you transition into/out of the work mindset
i.e. running in the morning, going for a brief walk at the end of the day
December, 2021
Transparency
30 December 2021It is important in the enviroments that I work that we foster a culture of transparency which means we should be as transparent as possible with our reasons for the decisions we make.
Evolving thoughts on 1 on 1
28 December 20211:1’s have been my go to tool for getting things done for a number of years. Over time my understanding of them has evolved.
Staff Engineer
24 December 2021November, 2021
Comfort with uncertainty
12 November 2021Recently someone shared this in our company internal emails… it really resonated with me…
How to get out of a meeting
09 November 2021Some inspiration after reading the following post titled How to get out of a meeting
Time management insights
07 November 2021When looking at time, ask yourself what can you…
Strategy
07 November 2021I hear a lot about strategy but have struggled in the past to understand how different strategies fit in together. Here are two things to help you get your head around product and technology strategy…
How do you respect boundaries of your role
07 November 2021Often you can see areas to improve the system… but it isn’t directly in your area of influence.
Confidentiality
06 November 2021Dialogue for handling conversations around confidential informaiton
October, 2021
Vuka, values and principles
25 October 2021Why do we need to agree on underlying values and principles? The skeptic may argue agreeing on values and principles is window dressing or being overly idealistic. I see it differently…
Aristotle Notes
25 October 2021Agile Maturity Mapping Notes
25 October 2021Found this a useful visualizaiton for mapping out organizational and team maturity
September, 2021
Stay Interviews Notes
20 September 2021Framing the interview
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