Online connection should happen on occasion, for justified reasons, and in moderation
Online connection should happen on occasion, for justified reasons, and in moderationAlso tips on how to experiment with a “no meetings” weekJust a short intro today, mainly to point you to Ian Bogost’s article for The Atlantic, The Age of Social Media Is Ending. This part really stood out to me:
I like those “rules” for connecting online: on occasion (don’t let it take over your life), for justified reasons (figure out why you are doing/posting/reading), and in moderation (do whatever it takes to make sure you have time limits and boundaries). With that, I’ll just say have a good weekend, everyone! On to the reading… Links I found helpful this weekEmily Nakashima writes about the changing role of Engineering Managers, and proposes a “contract” between them and the their teams in An Engineering Manager’s Bill of Rights (and Responsibilities). She starts by acknowledging how the EM role has evolved, and I think this is relevant for all managers and leaders:
The proposed “Bill of Rights” includes 6 commitments between managers and their teams and I don’t want to spoil it by quoting from it—it’s really good stuff. Just go read it. The RawSignal team’s post The strategists, the smugglers, and the silent is a great companion piece to the newsletter issue on planning from a couple of weeks ago. They first discuss some of the issues that often happen during planning:
They go on to give some great advice for how to make planning work better for the whole team, starting with a few key questions to ask to help calibrate the year that’s been before moving on to planning for what’s coming. Ellie Huizenga writes about Zapier’s “no meetings” experiment in A week with no meetings—and how it “gave us thousands of hours back for impactful work.” There’s also some great tips on how to make sure an experiment like that succeeds:
→ This reminds me of our 2018 experiment to take a week off Slack. Random links I found interesting
Some good musicI revisited a couple of modern jazz albums this week that are really lovely and relaxing: Jakob Bro’s Bay of Rainbows and Matthew Halsall’s Salute to the Sun. These are both “even if you don’t like jazz…” albums. But if you already do like jazz, also check out Matthew’s On The Go, which is probably my favorite modern jazz album of the past decade. Oh and while we’re talking about music, I’ll leave you with this… |
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So where should we post now?
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Also some good advice for giving and receiving feedback
Welcome to annual planning season
Friday, November 18, 2022
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How we are transformed by the places where we work
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Also how the Twitter meltdown shows us the power of microservice infrastructure
Visionaries vs. Integrators: a crucial distinction in work relationships
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Also some stuff about Green Day and Bono. Don't @ me.
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Friday, November 4, 2022
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