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Monthly Archives: March 2013
On Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In”
You can’t win talking about gender. Sheryl Sandberg acknowledges as much in “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.” So I give her credit for stirring up this hornet’s nest knowingly. Before the publication of this book, … Continue reading
Avoiding Innovation Debt
Peter Bell wrote an interesting blog entry on Avoiding Innovation Debt. What he is calling Innovation Debt is the stagnation that follows long periods of failing to invest in the technical skills of engineers. Innovation debt is the cost that … Continue reading
Reading it Again, Backwards, With a Highlighter
I’m working with my team to implement lean product development practices (see Eric Ries, Marty Cagan, Steve Blank). So I’ve proposed that we do some reading homework assignments, then gather to discuss. First up: The Lean Startup. [Source: tutorialchip.com] Backwards This … Continue reading
The Virtues of Giving Your Best to B- Environments
A friend sent me a link to a blog post by David Heinemeier Hansson titled B- Environments Merit B- Effort, and asked me what I thought. The Advice I agree wholeheartedly with this: A star environment is based on trust, vision, … Continue reading
Please, speak to me like I’m stupid
I feel like I’m getting dementia. My colleagues communicate with me, in meetings, in emailed reports, in presentations, and I don’t know what they’re talking about – again. [Source: morethandodgeball.com] Part of the problem is that I’m in London, and they’re … Continue reading
“Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves” by Carol A. Walker
Not many of the HBR articles speak so clearly to the challenges I experienced as a new manager (and still experience) as this one. (photo: community-manager by Enrique Martinez Bermej In the fourth entry in HBR’s Must Reads on Managing People, … Continue reading
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