management
-
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…
-
Decisions
→: DecisionsRecently, someone asked me for my “Leadership philosophy”. My initial reaction was to panic, but after taking a deep breath and a bit of time to think, I came up with this answer: “My job is to make it easier for people to make good decisions.” What does that mean? Firstly – that my job…
-
Questions for the End of a 1:1
→: Questions for the End of a 1:1I have a set of questions I ask in some variation at the end of my 1:1s. What are you taking away?What was most useful to you? These two I got from my coach and I use them both at work and in my own coaching. The concrete questions are useful, but it can also…
-
What Makes a Good Team?
→: What Makes a Good Team?No team is perfect, but I think it’s often kind of obvious when a team is bad – there’s usually a level of chaos or drama, a sense that they can’t be relied on or don’t really deliver the value that the organization needs. I think it’s also quite obvious when a team is good,…
-
DevZero Podcast: Metrics that Matter
→: DevZero Podcast: Metrics that MatterWe talked about decisions, communicating, and what makes engineering teams work well. Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify.
-
Four things I learned from coaching that made me a better leader
→: Four things I learned from coaching that made me a better leaderAbout two and a half years ago, I finally completed CTI’s coach training courses – about 18 months after I started them, and much longer thinking “I think this would be useful and one day I will take it”. I find some people conceive of coaching as being a professional advice giver, or asking questions,…
-
Facilitating Good Decision Making: Context, Scope, and Timeframe
→: Facilitating Good Decision Making: Context, Scope, and TimeframeSomeone asked me about my management philosophy recently, and after I stopped panicking (I wrote a book, I should have a philosphy… how do you summarize 400 pages and 2 years of your life in one sentence) I came up with: “My job is to make it easier for people to make good decisions.” What…
-
Podcast: It Shipped that Way
→: Podcast: It Shipped that WayWe talked about hiring directors, the fallacy of “servant leadership”, and what makes teams great [listen].
-
DOU Podcast: Empathy, Empowerment and Feedback
→: DOU Podcast: Empathy, Empowerment and FeedbackI recorded an episode of the DOU podcast with Oleks. It was an interesting and fun conversation!