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Study after study after study into remote work has made one thing clear: Remote workers are more productive than their office-bound counterparts. What’s not…
- What do executives do, anyway? - apenwarr apenwarr.ca
What do executives do, anyway? An executive with 8,000 indirect reports and 2000 hours of workin a year can afford to spend, at most, 15 minutes per year…
I never planned to do a series of articles, but this write-up almost came as a natural follow-up to the post I wrote last week about Context over Control and…
- CoTech « Cooperative Technologists coops.tech
A network of ethical co-operatives providing technology, digital and creative services.
- Co-operatives UK uk.coop
The network for thousands of co-operative businesses, Co‑operatives UK works to promote, develop and unite member-owned business
- Edinburgh reinforces top tech hub status as digital jobs soar - Edinburgh Evening News edinburghnews.scotsman.com
- Loomio - Make decisions without meetings loomio.org
- The shit chute - Justin Stach justin.stach.uk
The shit chute is a process for making sure that if you have to deal with toxic projects, HiPPOs, JFDIs etc is that you get it through your team without ending up covered in shit.
- Minimal Project Management - Hiltmon hiltmon.com
With my team starting to grow at work, its time to add some Project Management to our process. However, I do not want this to add any additional time, meetings…
- No Kings: How Do You Make Good Decisions Efficiently in a Flat Organization? | Hacker News news.ycombinator.com
Many more people get a chance to try out a leadership role to grow, but it is expected to be temporary so people can go back to being technical with no…
Ian Nowland Apr 11 1 Summary A challenge of organizations is the aggregation of local information to a point where a globally optimal decision can be made in a…
If procrastination isn’t about laziness, then what is it about? Erik Winkowski If you’ve ever put off an important task to, say, alphabetize your spice drawer,…
- The Software That Shapes Workers’ Lives newyorker.com
By dragging icons on a screen, supply-chain managers schedule factory work down to the second. Illustration by George Wylesol This past December, the…
- How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation buzzfeednews.com
I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected.…
- How to interview job applicants fairly : Anna Shipman : JFDI annashipman.co.uk
- Everything Breaks – Rands in Repose randsinrepose.com
We’re going to play a really simple and really dumb game. I’ll explain the setup and the rules: Two one-person ‘teams.’ On a flat, boring surface, you draw two…
Category: Free Agent Developers Recently, I was doing something that occupies a surprising amount of my time these days: using LinkedIn for lead gen. This…
- Mute Background Noise krisp.ai
Technology FAQ Blog Download for free App for Mac One Button, No Noise. Mute the background noise during your calls Download for free Featured by Mute noise…
- Staff Augmentation is as Staff Augmentation Does daedtech.com
Category: The Life of a Programmer I’m in the process of drafting a post entitled “What Do You Know That People Would Pay You For?” But what I’ll put here in…
- $stdout - Remote Life youtube.com
$stdout - Remote Life 228 views Published on 8 Nov 2018 Remote work is more than just a perk, it's a way of life. From being able to snack all day without…
- It doesn't have to be crazy at work basecamp.com
Get a free pack of "It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work" stickers It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work By Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson In the UK,…
- How not to run a remote team elezea.com
Like many people my age in this industry (software development, if that was not clear), I remember how things worked before the internet and before agile.…
[ Editor’s note : At nearly 7,000 words, you probably don’t want to try reading this on an iDevice. Bookmark it and come back later.] Imagine something a wee…
What does tech management at Slack, HubSpot, Netflix, Etsy, Shopify, InVision, and more have in common? A lot, apparently! When we launched our first SoapBox…
Random Thoughts and Data on Hiring from Recent Experience 04/04/2018 I just lead up a hiring process at CodePen. We needed a UX designer, so we made a public…
Jakub Domerecki/EyeEm/Getty Images A young friend recently remarked that the worst boss he ever had would provide him with feedback that always consisted of…
- Remote Starter Kit by Hanno remotestarterkit.com
All your life-saving remote tools at a glance 🌍 Connect with your team & clients to chitchat, discuss or crack jokes 💬 Stay updated on who’s doing what & when 👀…
Your friends & teammates' time? Ah, There! Download Available for macOS, other platforms soon! 💝 As a remote engineer and open sourcer, It was super hard to…
- Strong culture = less process – The Man in Blue themaninblue.com
Published on 14 th Mar, 2018 Previous post: Futurists & realists Cameron Adams is a co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Canva, an online design platform…
- A Performance Question randsinrepose.com
At some point in your leadership career, you’ll need to care about performance management. My first bit of advice is the hardest: don’t ever let yourself think…
- How to Rands – Rands in Repose randsinrepose.com
Hi, welcome to the team. I’m so glad you are here at $COMPANY. It’s going to take a solid quarter to figure this place out. I understand the importance of first…
- Meeting Blur – Rands in Repose randsinrepose.com
Wednesday afternoon. 3:30. Tanya are I walking through a complex political scenario involving Product and Engineering. Nothing devious. Just complex. Many…
- Act Last, Read the Room, and Taste the Soup randsinrepose.com
The quiet is my favorite attribute of a holiday break. My various Slacks are quiet, the house is quiet, and while takes three days of quiet, eventually my head…
Meeting Cards Designed by Stephen Walker at See Think Do because not everyone has a printer. Inspired by the original super cards from Collaboration Superpowers…
- A Meritocracy is a Trailing Indicator randsinrepose.com
When you are asked as a manager “What do I need to get to the next level?” I suggest the quality and completeness of your answer is directly correlated to your…
I n early 1984, executives at the telephone company Pacific Bell made a fateful decision. For decades, the company had enjoyed a virtual monopoly on telephone…
P.F. Chang’s finance chief said he switched the company to Adaptive Insights from Excel because it fosters collaboration and cuts down on administrative tasks.…
B ig Tech is broken. Suddenly, a wide range of journalists and politicians agree on this. For decades, most of the media and political establishment accepted…
- Doing Presentations: Tips for people who don't like giving presentations doingpresentations.com
Presentation tips for people who don’t like giving presentations Presentations at conferences or at work events are only one way of sharing information. They’re…
- Ten Minutes of Silence – Track Changes trackchanges.postlight.com
Ten Minutes of Silence – Track Changes
Real-time chat apps are taking the business world by storm. But does faster communication really mean better communication? Illustration by @Chiachichao Three…
- Where can I find a good desk chair without spending a fortune? theguardian.com
Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next…