Essential Links in January 2022
This month I read Forever Employable by Jeff Gothelf. Jeff is a renowned expert in UX and Agile (and many more topics) and you should follow him on Twitter or his blog and listen to his podcast. He is an inspiring thought leader and content creator and it's great to be able to learn from inspiring people like him.
The book itself is a short one - and that makes it even more valuable. In a very precise language, Jeff tells his story and fills it with insights, advices and generally good ideas. If you are already on his journey, the messages are a little bit obvious, but the book always has a surprise for you - even if you think you know it all.
I have started to track my goals for 2022. For that I set up a simple check away list of items per day. Next to running and doing sports I want to practice piano a lot (actually to learn it to at least moderate expertise & skill).
Here are the essential links for January 2022:
Open Web
Agile & Scrum
- In their podcast Product Mastery Now, Dorian Simpson and Gary Hinkle discuss a modified Agile Hardware Development and it's differences to Scrum (/via @ageofproduct).
- A great article on How to become a self-managing team, that takes a detailed look at the differences of today's corporate culture and a potential future working model.
- Trusting people, their intentions and their abilities is the foundation of high-performing teams.
- Going hybrid? Or fully remote? Here are some considerations by Johanna Rothman that probably will help you.
Strategy & Product Management
- John Cutler deeplinks into the North Star Framework. The North Star Playbook describes how to build product vision, strategy and tactics.
- @shreyas has a great thread on the project vs. product thinking with a lot of insights and aspects to reflect on.
- John Cutler on measures and staying focussed in product development.
- If you want to understand feature & product teams and what they are good for, you should have a look at the Mayflower blog and their excerpt on studies and research in that field.
Leadership
- Here is a great thread on how to build up remote teams.
- Uhhh, Strategyzer now has a blog! And here is a lot of insights for turning a company around from Best Buy's Hubert Joly.
- Next alignment meeting coming up? Maybe it‘s not necessary.
Inspiration
- I know, it's very product-related (Zoom), but I find it very inspiring and insightful, how some universities and schools design their new classrooms for on-site, remote and hybrid sessions. This is an article in the Zoom blog.
- Psssst. Sit down. Be quiet & listen to a 2021 reflection & outlook by Otto Scharmer (Book TheoryU).
- At corporate rebels, balena shares their way of organizing around their product in The Loop.
Audio Production, Podcasts & Music
- Jörn Schaar has a lot of tutorials on his website. Especially if you use Podlove (a Wordpress Plugin) you will find many articles and instructions about the Podlove template system using twig.
Software Development
- Here are some best practice API design principles inspired by nature.
- Al Tenhundfeld leads us through the idea of a sustainable software development based on the agile principles.
- Here is a great article on why you should not start your product strategy with building a platform. First products, then platform.
- Getting insights on why things have happened or could happen is always helpful. Here are some tipps on how you can generate these insights.