Accountability
16 September 2021Why Accountability Slips
September, 2021
August, 2021
Shared OKRs
17 August 2021Rename OKRs from Objectives and Key Results to Outcomes and Key Results
July, 2021
Mental Maths Notes
05 July 2021Subtraction of numbers mentally
How to start an all-hands meeting like a champ
02 July 2021Yesterday I opened our product delivery all hands meeting. Up till now I’ve had very few opportunities to run a live all hands meeting. After yesterday’s experience I’ve had an opportunity to reflect on what I’ve seen done successfully at all hands meetings in the past.
June, 2021
Example of some great messaging
30 June 2021Recently, I received an email from a leader that I thought exemplified great communication around a tough topic.
In an effort to use this going forward I’ve put the essence of the format used below.
Building tools for cross-team communication
30 June 2021Covid forced most teams to go remote.
Format for a Leadership Meeting Quarterly Day
29 June 2021I’m finding more and more often a quarterly full day with a team is important. This is a general meeting schedule I use.
Build vs Buy Notes
11 June 2021Things to consider
April, 2021
Standardising Keyboard Shortcuts between IDEs
18 April 2021I’m a big believer in leveraging keyboard shortcuts when manipulating text. A big aha moment in my computer career was when I discovered the power of Vim. Once I got the essence of VIM I could navigate text without having to rely on my mouse or slow up/down page up/page...
Throw away refactors
07 April 2021I’ve written about throw away refactors in the past. Today I came across a quote that helped reinforce the benefit of a throw away refactor. It goes as follows:
February, 2021
Purpose based binding teams
16 February 2021Team model principles
12 February 2021Recently we’ve been working on team models across our engienering team. How do we get the balance right in product delivery. What’s the gold standard we are aiming for in size of team, composition or roles and supporting roles. What we have found in going through this exercise is that...
Refactoring Notes
09 February 2021Reasons not to Refactor
January, 2021
Things to read and watch in 2021
08 January 2021See 2022’s Things to read and watch
See 2020’s Things to read and watch
Performance Review Notes
06 January 2021Make sure review is accurate and helpful Accurate Needs to understand the care for which you observe them The more accurate they feel the review, the more they value the process Helpful Is it useful for the person to understand this, will it make a difference Suggest strategies, people they...
December, 2020
Two work places
16 December 2020Where my product delivery leads were not a team
November, 2020
Having a role of influence rather than direct authority
14 November 2020Lately I’ve been looking at roles in our org. Some roles have direct reports, others don’t.
While behaviours are important regardless of whether you are in either role, they are magnified in roles where there is no direct authority.
September, 2020
Useful Leadership Tools
20 September 2020Meeting games
Metrics Notes
11 September 20205 dimensions to keep in when for metrics:
1) Cost - how expensive it is to record
2)
It's never a no unless it violates my values
06 September 2020I recently came across a tweet on tips managers have learned. It resonated with me enough to add to my blog…
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