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A collection of 11 issues

Working adaptations

You don't have to smile all the time on a video conference. Maintaining 'interested-engaged-face' is exhausting. Tell people it is OK not to smile, and OK to turn their video off for a few minutes. Spending a whole day bouncing from one video meeting to the

Books to re-read

I was that child in school who read the encyclopaedia, cover to cover, Aardvark to Zulu. I got six books a week from Ipswich Library every Saturday while my parents did the grocery shopping, I read my way through the children's library and branched out to adult science

Manager-speak

* Great idea, how can I help you do that? * What do you want to set as your goals? * Are you happy? * Do you need anything, that I can legally provide within the bounds of this company? * You did an awesome job with X! I really liked how you Y and

Agile Transformation

My employer lets take one day a year as a "Day of Caring" to be used at a non-profit organization of our choosing. I did mine with an associate pastor of Life Community Church in Columbia IL. I've spent two and a half years immersed in

Notebooks

I work in a software company, but I couldn't do my work without paper notebooks. I'm running several at once: Five Year Diary A gift from Paul six years ago and again last Christmas, this book from Levenger gives me five lines a day, for five

Résumé do's and don'ts

(Written for a friend who was teaching a class of young people.) Do be selective. You don't have to list every job you've ever had. Highlight the relevant ones, and highlight specific things you learned or did at those jobs. The purpose of a résumé is

Nonfiction reading

Starting November 2013, I've been reading more books from the business, management, leadership, and creativity sections of the book store. By a wild coincidence, I took on more leadership-ish things at work around then. These are ones I've finished so far: Jurgen Appelo "Management 3.

Travel lessons

Airplane travel Some day, you and your checked luggage will be parted. Maybe for a day, maybe forever. Have enough in carry-on that you can survive a day while you get replacements for the essentials. Medications go in carry-on bags. If you fly more than twice a year, do the

How to have a meeting that doesn't suck

Have a defined end-point for the meeting, and get there as soon as you can. Take your own notes, by hand, on paper. You'll notice what's relevant to you and the act of writing helps you recall it. Allow audience participation, it's not a

Candidates, things your interviewers want you to know

(This is close to my heart because I’ve done a bunch of interviews lately, some good, some not so good.) If a skill or qualification is on your resume, I will ask you about it, especially if it's one I also have. Claim to know C# and

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