Vox
The science of regrettable decisions
8 min · · A doctor explains how our brains can trick us into making bad choices — and how to fight back. · Shared by 58, including Esther Schindler, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Liv 😷, Yvette Dubel, Gabriele, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
First Round
Our 6 Must Reads for Cutting Through Conflict and Tough Conversations
20+ min · · Big ideas, strong-willed characters, impossible deadlines and close quarters — if you wrote out a recipe for conflict, it might bear an uncanny resemblance to the high-stakes, pressure-cooker… · Shared by 100, including 瑞拿頭, Josh Kopelman, Johannes Dornisch, Linus Basig, Jonathan Kogan, Matthias Kahr, Oscar MacDonald, Tom Connor, Yvette Dubel, JD Prater
Harvard Business Review
When to Stop Deliberating and Just Make a Decision
5 min · · Waiting too long only sets everyone back. · Shared by 62, including Tom Connor, Liv 😷, Yvette Dubel, Jonathan Kogan, Martina Grolimund
99U
Ten Human Skills for the Future of Work
5 min · · These core strengths are key not only for building and leading effective teams, but for thriving in the constantly evolving workplace. · Shared by 113, including Leo Blazquez, Oscar MacDonald, Katja Evertz, Yvette Dubel, Daniel Buchmueller, Aamir Raz, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Ⓓarío Macchi, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Gabriele, Jonathan Kogan
MIT Sloan Management Review
New Frontiers in Re-skilling and Upskilling
5 min · · Companies are experimenting in how to help employees learn the skills to stay competitive. · Shared by 22, including Antonio Vieira Santos, PTC
Harvard Business Review
Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?
20+ min · · Business leaders have much more in common with artists than they do with managers. · Shared by 9
VentureBeat
Distributed teams are helping startups scale faster
5 min · · More startups are using a distributed workforce model earlier in their lifecycle, and it's paying off on a number of fronts. · Shared by 43, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Steed Monteiro, Florian Graillot, Sebastien Meunier, Andreas Klinger 🏝
A List Apart
Project Management for Humans
15+ min · · Staffing teams can feel a bit like a game of Tetris, but don’t forget your teams are human beings. They have interests, strengths, and qualities that should be considered above their availability.… · Shared by 31, including Claus Heller 🇺🇦, Fabricio Teixeira, blinch
medium.com
Stop Playing Tetris (With Teams, Sprints, Projects, and Individuals)
4 min · · For a year or two, I have been using Tetris as a metaphor for a slew of software product development anti-patterns. It works on the… · Shared by 65, including Christian P. Stobbe, Moritz Meenen, Thomas Power, Ricardo Yasuda, Stefan Weber, Thomas Eichmann, Pat Kua, Tom Connor, Richard Bausek, Mark Kaigwa
The Economist
Bullshit jobs and the yoke of managerial feudalism
10 min · · Populism, pointless work and panicked youth: an interview with David Graeber of LSE · Shared by 102, including Carl Morris, Kenneth Cukier, Adam Tinworth, Clemens M. Schuster, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Massimo Banzi, David Nagel, Klaus Eck, Martin Recke, Stowe Boyd, George M 🇪🇺
Intercom
Engineering a culture of psychological safety
9 min · · When I worked for Google as a Site Reliability Engineer, I was lucky enough to travel around the world with... · Shared by 9, including Tom Connor
Stanford University
“The Workplace Is Killing People and Nobody Cares”
7 min · · A new book examines the massive health care toll today’s work culture exacts on employees. · Shared by 148, including Annette Franz, CCXP, Oliver Ewinger, Nir Eyal, Thomas Power, Ron McIntyre, Rodrigo Prior, Christophe Jean, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Katja Evertz, Joe Lencioni, Teresa Torres, Marco Unternaehrer
Neil on Software
How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects
9 min · · Software is easy. People are hard. · Shared by 441, including Christian P. Stobbe, Mark Kaigwa, Bill Johnston, Philippe Surber, René Clausen Nielsen, Kaspar Manz, Florian Hanke 🍎, Liliane Ferrari ™, Chris {he, they} , Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Linus Basig, Nick Floro, Esther Schindler, Jacob Cass, Oliver Raduner, Dominik Grolimund, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Luzius Meisser
m.signalvnoise.com
How we structure our work and teams at Basecamp
8 min · · Six weeks • One cycle An inside look at the specifics of how we decide what to do and then decide how to do it. “How do you guys actually work? How do you choose what to do? How big are your teams?… · Shared by 25, including Jason Fried, John Cutler, Bernhard Huessy, Jay Acunzo
The New York Times
What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
Summary · 20+ min · · New research reveals surprising truths about why some work groups thrive and others falter. · Shared by 1441, including Ryan Boren, Justin Jackson, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Kelly Hoey, Kris Fannin, Thomas Power, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Dan Ariely, Rand Fishkin, Nir Eyal, Kim Scott 🇺🇦 #BLM, Startupxplore, Shawn Venasse, Nathan Baschez 📧, Pat Kua, Moritz Meenen, Ben Tossell, Herbert Bay, Stowe Boyd