Five for Friday – June 30, 2023

This is – hopefully – an auto post. I am taking a very long walk in the woods this weekend.

Edit: WTF, WordPress? Maybe I accidentally changed a setting that I just spent 5 minutes searching for. Of course, that means I need to send next weeks post via scheduled delivery too…

  • This is a repost, but worth it – I did a podcast / videocast with the folks at Mobot a few months ago, but they keep finding cool clips to share – like this one.
  • Also in the “did it a few months ago, but here it is” category – I have a blurb in this article on aligning teams towards north star metrics.
  • Everyone in the world is going to include this link in their newsletters this week, but I really enjoyed The Password Game. I didn’t finish it, but I had fun trying.
  • In my opinion, other than a manager 1:1, the team retrospective is the most important meeting. This statement isn’t true if your retros suck – here’s how to do Retros that Don’t Suck.
  • I find a gem in HBR almost every week – this week was no exception with this article on How Managers Can Make Time for Their Own Development

Time to hit the scheduled post button and see what happens. L8r

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