Tag: advice
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I did a video series with O’Reilly going over my advice for surviving and thriving (“working,” I guess) in a big company. “You should watch it, it’s really good,” raves the man who made it. So, you should check it out.
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How to avoid working too much
Surviving and Thriving in a BigCo If you work in a large organization, you’ll like this new video series I did with O’Reilly. Check out the intro above, and here’s the topics covered: Cultivate your Style and Character. How does a BigCo Work? Mentors are Nice, Champions are Better. Asking Questions Leads to Homework for…
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Potato chips that taste like Thanksgiving stuffing – what could go wrong?
Relative to your interests Cluetrain at 25 – This was an important book to me when it came out. It probably had a huge influence on my professional life. All these years later, I think it was right. The biggest evolution, unexpected, was that the Big Bad Corporate Octopus took it seriously and figured out…
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Did I Make a Mistake Selling Del.icio.us to Yahoo? – Plan to never get past slide one: “Any decision was an endless discussion. I remember once, we had to present to a senior vice-president. We had a 105-slide deck prepared, and we didn’t get past the second slide because they ratholed about one fucking slide.…
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The purpose of enterprise airport ads
The week so far, a selection I don’t really know what “platform engineering” is Last episode I shared the the email Q&A I had for an article about platform engineering. The finished article is up, much nicer edited than just copy and pasting my email. It’s part of the buzz around the SHIFT conference next…
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Mindsets and Tactics for New Leaders of Software Teams – Seems like good stuff.
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Non-knowing growing – “…non-knowing, growing. It’s what babies do when they learn to walk. They get up, they fall over, they get up, they fall over, and they gradually figure out what walking is. They don’t know how to walk.” // If you’re open enough to the universe, you make sure that doesn’t ever stop.
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What they don’t tell you about conference MC script writing
A quick one today, no time to compile the links and stuff Writing good MC scripts for the keynote sessions I’ve been writing the MC script for our upcoming SpringOne conference. I was supposed to go be one of the MCs but had to cancel. It would have been awesome to know both sides of…
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Shadow IT guidance – Advice from the UK government: “Though clearly not desirable, the existence of shadow IT presents your organisation with learning opportunities. If employees are having to resort to insecure workarounds in order to ‘get the job done’, then this suggests that existing policies need refining so that staff aren’t compelled to make…
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Throw someone a pep rally – Two thumbs up!
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Beware the Digital Whiteboard – The assertion: writing with whiteboarding/Sticky notes is not good, and can lead to leaky abstractions. Seem more like a “right tool for the job” thing, plus the usual garbage in, garbage out, regardless of the tool used to process the garbage.
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Pulling On Threads – I forgot about the “bring your whole self” thing.
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Five Nos – “‘yeses’ matter more than ‘nos,’ and taking more chances generates more of each. While there’s a near equal chance of getting told ‘no’ in our endeavors, in virtually all cases, there is no penalty for that rejection beyond some brief discomfort or embarrassment. On the other hand, when you get a ‘yes,’…
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The real story of how Facebook almost acquired Waze, but we ended up with Google – “Acquisitions are the first moment when founders and investors have diverging interests. This is the one time when you should be wary of feedback from your investors. And, of course, like any negotiation, whoever is willing to walk away…
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28 Questions to Ask Your Boss in Your One-on-Ones – Good things to talk about in your meetings if you can’t think of anything else.
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Rest for the restless – “Maybe it’s my low tolerance for boredom. I can’t help but do something, anything. If only I could embrace boredom, and just let myself be. I can do a seated meditation for 10 minutes with no big issue of fidgeting, just focusing on my breath. But that’s still doing something?…
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I don’t need to “do less to do more.” I just need to do less.
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The past is not what’s normal, the present is.
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What I did this summer, the PowerPoint – You should probably cut the first five slides of your deck
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