2023 WK09
Product-oriented, Better Listener, Team Topologies, AI War, EM Archetypes, Monolith, Innovation, Change, Pre-suasion
Fireside chat with Marty Cagan
Marty Cagan addresses empowerment, adopting a product-led mindset, and why project-oriented companies should consider becoming product-oriented. (60 min video)
Carolyn Coughlin: Become A Better Listener
"Listening to win is, 'Let me make the problem go away by telling you, you don’t have a problem.' Listening to learn is getting underneath what’s being said and reflecting back to the person. And listening to fix is, 'Let me take your problem and solve it for you, or help you solve it.'" This episode is filled with practical insights on improving your relationships by becoming a better listener. (80 min listen)
How Adaptive are Team Topologies?
This is a long read where Alexey Krivitsky and Roland Flemm, Org Topologies, analyze and debunk the claims made by the authors of Team Topologies. (19 min read)
Microsoft vs Google: AI War Explained
We look at how the AI war between Microsoft and Google is doing. We also compare it to the time when Yahoo was the king of the internet. (13 min watch)
5 Engineering Manager Archetypes
Use these archetypes to qualify what expectations you might have for an Engineering Manager. In reality, roles change and evolve. (18 min read)
Real-world Engineering Challenges #8: Breaking up a Monolith
Use these archetypes to qualify what expectations you might have for an Engineering Manager. In reality, roles change and evolve. (25 min read)
Rabbit holes of innovation
Hear from Steven Koh, Engineering Director in GDS, GovTech talking about the Ten Dos and Don’ts about Innovation. (45 min watch)
Building for Tomorrow
Jason Feifer shares 6 specific frameworks around the very natural human responses to change, which he’s developed through interviewing and studying some of the most influential people in the world – past and present. (75 min listen)
Change My Mind: Using"Pre-suasion" to Influence Others
In this episode, Matt Abrahams and Robert Cialdini talk about the motivating power of FOMO, getting better advice from others, and how your next wine purchase could be influenced by what music is playing in the shop. (27 min listen)