Today Nicole Forsgren started an inspiring conversation on Twitter with these three … [Continue] about The Forgotten Contributions of Women to DevOps
What Is the Right Number of Direct Reports (Span of Control)?
If you are a people manager, how many direct reports should you have? I had an Executive VP who thought it should never be more than 6. Other companies set guidelines by management level (e.g. a Manager should have 15-20, a Director less, etc.) Is … [Continue] about What Is the Right Number of Direct Reports (Span of Control)?
Ben Franklin’s 5-Hour Rule
I'm not 100% sure where I heard about it last week, but I was intrigued by a mention that Ben Franklin had a 5-hour rule around learning. Short version: he spent an hour a day, 5 days a week, learning. I've basically been trying to do that myself, … [Continue] about Ben Franklin’s 5-Hour Rule
Review: Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide to Digital Tranformation
Since I stepped more into the Agile and DevOps world, I’ve been blessed by getting to meet and/or talk to some great people, including authors of books everyone should read. Now, I have not met Carmen DeArdo in person yet, but I have spoken with him … [Continue] about Review: Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide to Digital Tranformation
Intersubjective Realities
I’ve just started what looks to be a tremendous work by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall, Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World. I’m in a section about realities, which starts off quickly discussing “objective” … [Continue] about Intersubjective Realities
Review: Free to Focus
I was blessed to be able to work in the tremendous country of Australia for a couple of years on the Olympics, but I came close to being buried there. I almost drowned. I enjoyed body surfing, but because I am a tall guy, I needed to go … [Continue] about Review: Free to Focus
Look What Just Came In (Thanks Vistaprint!)
I am very impressed with these new business cards from Vistaprint. (What you cannot see is how well they also did raised graphics and text.) Beautiful and professional visually and tactilely. Way to go Vistaprint! … [Continue] about Look What Just Came In (Thanks Vistaprint!)
Galton Board Video
This awesome mathematics teaching tool came in yesterday from Amazon: https://youtu.be/uMQJ0zjpOiM Okay, it was a bit hard to hold my Note9 and flip it...but you get the idea! The Bell curve and standard distribution are obvious, but it … [Continue] about Galton Board Video
Review: This Is Now Your Company
A week and a half ago, I attended a 90 minute talk by Mike Rognlien in Denver thanks to VitalSmarts. A bonus was getting a free copy of Mike’s 2018 book, This Is Now Your Company. That unexpected gift was quite serendipitous given I’ll be presenting … [Continue] about Review: This Is Now Your Company
Video Review of Crucial Conversations
A "must read" book for anyone is Crucial Conversatons. This video gives a great summary. Please check it out...but still read the book! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFaXx3pgaxM … [Continue] about Video Review of Crucial Conversations