Tag: teams
We Build Worlds That Last, So Why Don’t Our Jobs?
Games are built to endure. So why do we treat the people who make them as expendable?
Run a better book club
Notes from a moderately-successful book club I ran for Designing Data-Intensive Applications.
"Disagree and Let’s See"
"Disagree and commit" is disingenuous. This is a better idea.
The One-on-One Gift Exchange
This simple, repeatable framework for building a culture of open feedback has been a part of my toolkit for over a decade.
Slowification
Notes on Creativity, Inc
What makes an effective product team?
Create psychological safety
Conway's Law
System boundaries tend to follow communication boundaries. Plan for that or pay in meetings and glue code.
Building Resilient Organizations
“There are things we can and must do to shift movements for justice toward a powerful posture of joy and victory. Such a metamorphosis is not inevitable, but it is essential. This essay describes the problems our movements face, identifies underlying causes, analyzes symptoms of the core problems, and proposes some concrete solutions to reset our course.” #Teams [Link]
Brooks' law
Fred Brooks on why staffing up a late project often pushes the finish line out, not in.
Dunbar's number and engineering orgs
What Robin Dunbar's ~150 limit claims, and how it shows up in org design, on-call, and communication load.
Asynchronous remote work
A comprehensive guide to working remotely and asynchronously. Covers foundational principles like information availability and clear goals, practical team processes for meetings and work tracking, and the personal challenges of staying productive without real-time collaboration.