Culture
When #slack is Down And You're A Remote Worker.1 minute read.
My humble effort to help you start the weekend with a smile on your face.
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The Engineering Manager Workshop Format3 minutes read.
I am going to apply Glossier's approach, as described by Aaron Suggs, so managers in my team at Forter could leverage their peers, learn from each other and have it as a support group when needed. Creating more feedback loops is critical, as it's so easy to feel lonely in this path.
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Writing Proposals to Speed up Decisions3 minutes read.
Max Williams offers a framework you can use to propose and execute on decisions in your organization. It's hard to start with it, as it requires some changes in behaviors (we're used to making decisions "freestyle", with very little structure), but it can have a significant impact on the culture of the organization in the long run. Also, imagine that you have a log of hundreds of decisions done in your organization - there are many insights you could extract from it to improve your velocity as an execution team. Ready to give it a try?
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Migrations: The Sole Scalable Fix to Tech Debt.5 minutes read.
The process you use to migrate systems (or any kind of tech debt) tells a lot about your culture. Failing just enough times by having a process in place that doesn't build trust inside the organization, will quickly lead to lack of desire or capacity to deal with growth (both business growth and org growth). Take Will Larson's process and share it with your team. On your next migration, hold yourself accountable for these steps, building the trust as you go.
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