Career
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Scaling Teams: People, Projects, and Process
→: Scaling Teams: People, Projects, and ProcessScaling teams is one of my favourite things to do – probably because it’s where people meet systems, with ever-changing questions about what makes teams effective and how to balance now versus next. Sometimes this gets presented in a pure numbers way, but I like to come at it from a systems perspective: Engineering teams…
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From Chaotic Learning to Intentional Growth
→: From Chaotic Learning to Intentional GrowthBefore the pandemic I was always on the move, and I would have told you always learning. I found myself at various events, talked to many different people, was always reading something, and my job changed frequently, even within the organisation I was in. I also wrote a lot, which helped me consolidate and clarify…
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Resisting Capitalism’s Shoulds
→: Resisting Capitalism’s ShouldsI’ve been feeling pretty mad about capitalism lately. One of the core things I’ve been angry about is realizing that capitalism is a huge source of “shoulds” and fake productivity. The goal of capitalism is to keep us running, keep us consuming, and to distract us from what is actually meaningful to us as human…
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Announcing: DRI Your Career
→: Announcing: DRI Your CareerWhen I wrote part 1 of The Engineering Leader, about what it means to be the DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) of your career, it was a product of some hard won lessons of my own, conversations with friends, and an arc I saw repeatedly with my 1:1 coaching clients. Talking with my long time friend…
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Getting More Strategic
→: Getting More StrategicStrategy – how to be strategic, and how to be seen as strategic – is one of my ongoing obsessions. Years ago, I read Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, and it’s guided my thinking ever since. One of the things that book helps clarify is that being strategic and being seen as strategic can work against each…
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Podcast: The Confident Commit on Strategic Career Decisions
→: Podcast: The Confident Commit on Strategic Career DecisionsI had a great time recording this episode of the confident commit, and you can listen to it on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Things we covered:
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How I’ve Been Using AI
→: How I’ve Been Using AII feel like the whole AI conversation is dominated by two extremes. Those who believe in AGI, and AI skeptics. I’m trying to approach it as a tool that may or may not be useful. Here are some things I’ve found so far. Useful as an editing partner. For things where I have a clear…
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Working From Home: How To Set Boundaries With Yourself
→: Working From Home: How To Set Boundaries With YourselfI was recently interviewed for an article about remote work, you can read the full thing here. Some of my suggestions:
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How do you DRI your career in a bad market?
→: How do you DRI your career in a bad market?I started 2022 with a post in Qz – 5 signs it’s time to quit your job. The list is: I stand by this list, I do think this is a solid list of reasons to think about moving on. But three years later, the market is very different and there are two great reason…