Transparency ≠ Saying everything Transparency = Sharing the full context Why do many leaders struggle with being transparent? They fall short of their egos. They want to make decisions. That's why they became leaders, right? Wrong. The leaders' job is to enable the organization to make the best decision fast. How?...
Entries: Communicating Decisions: 32 Open feedback culture creates resilient organizations: 36 Coupling system design with organizational communication lines: 56b Collaboration can be harmful if not intended: 56g1 Organizations need an RFC process to manage communication around changes: 66 How to choose RFC...
Entries: Goals to set a direction and systems to find clues that distract from the goal. 37 Structuring teams: 56; 56c; 56l; Communicating organizational changes: 32b; Reply via email | Reply via Mastodon | Comment
Entries: Organizational leaders’ job is to bring clarity to everyone’s work 34; Continuous improvement means changing the system, not the goal: 1h; Open culture requires listening to people and addressing their concerns 54; If leaders don’t care about the culture, they will get a culture they don’t want: 54b; On how...
In the circle of concern, there are many things over which you have no influence or control, such as economic changes, industry shifts, etc. This is the biggest group. In the circle of influence, you can work with others like your peers and influence direction. You still don’t get the result by doing things in the...
Give three Mississippi pauses before talking or asking another question. Use “I noticed…” and be a mirror to the person. In the end, ask, “What’s your key takeaway here?” and ask what they will do when they will do it and how to ensure they have done it. Related Note(s): 9: Growing does not always mean being an...
You’re the torch as a coach that’s been used by a person in a cave. You’re not taking the journey by yourself; you’re there to light up the way for the other person. Coaching is not about giving advice directly. It’s about taking the person through a journey and showing them the way. You’re not there to teach them a...
According to the DORA 2024 Report: Organizations that prioritize the end-user experience produce higher quality products, with developers who are more productive, satisfied, and less likely to experience burnout. User centricity increases productivity, job satisfaction, team performance, and product performance...
As an engineering leader, your job is to convince the business to invest in increasing developer productivity. This investment often needs time to bring returns, and you have to make it clear to the business. Start by aligning the business before talking about productivity. Bring problems to business according to...
Take the first step to share feedback. The rule of reciprocation can play a big role when you want to get feedback, too. Especially for the positive feedback, take the extra time to provide it in the most visible way. This favor will get its return when you need feedback, too. While the other person thanks for the...
The TV and search engines made people think less. They killed intellectual curiosity. Constant access to information that nobody needs pushes people away from fulfilling their curiosity by research. LLM took this to another level. People trusting AI, the closed and opaque box, is breaking society apart by making...
TV changed the world in a way we can’t imagine. In the long term, we can see how much people trust what they see on TV. It became a single source of information for many as it changed people's habits. The Internet did the same. It took decades, but it steadily got its place to provide information. LLM is the next...
