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Q&A on the Book Inviting Leadership

The book Inviting Leadership by Daniel Mezick and Mark Sheffield explores how using an invitational leadership approach can increase employee engagement and self-organization. It shows how changing the decision-making process influences culture and can lead to lasting change.

Ben Linders Dan Mezick Mark Sheffield
on May 03, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Can You Hear Me? - How to Connect with People in a Virtual World

The book Can You Hear Me? - How To Connect with People in a Virtual World by Nick Morgan explores the challenges that virtual communication poses upon us, and provides solutions and practical tips for connecting and communicating virtually with each other.

Ben Linders Nick Morgan
on Apr 28, 2019
DevOps

Crafting a Resilient Culture: Or, How to Survive an Accidental Mid-Day Production Incident

While working at Etsy, Ryn Daniels accidentally upgraded Apache on every single server that was running it, which caused a production incident. Explore lessons learned in this article, including that although automation and orchestration can be great, you should make sure you understand what’s happening under the hood and what to do if your automation goes awry.

Ryn Daniels
on Mar 06, 2019
Architecture & Design

Why Do We Need Architectural Diagrams?

Software architecture diagrams, when created well, and sparingly, can greatly improve communication within the development team and with external stakeholders. They require an understanding of the intended audience, and thoughtful restraint on what to include. Resist the temptation to think that diagrams are unnecessary or unhelpful, simply because there have been plenty of cases of bad diagrams.

Ionut Balosin
on Jan 19, 2019
Culture & Methods

Successful Teams: How Leaders Build Their Tech Companies

The first rule of success when starting a company is having a great team. This could be achieved by assuring both great leadership and a great hiring process. This could happen through following best recruitment practices, looking for employees with a can-do attitude, creating a unique company story, establishing a meaningful culture and enhancing a CEO’s skills.

Theodora Palikarska
on Jan 10, 2019
Culture & Methods

Space as an Enabler - Coworking as a Mindset

Coworking is a mindset that describes the future of work. The coworking manifesto provides a framework of values to create sustainable communities based on trust, where businesses, entrepreneurs, governmental and non-governmental and technical communities can work together.

Ben Linders Dina Sierralta
on Jan 02, 2019
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book “Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart”

Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart by John O’Duinn is a practical guide for people who work in distributed or dispersed teams. It details the business, social and personal benefits of distributed teams and provides suggestions for effective communication when physically distributed, coordinating work and handling complex interpersonal situations.

Ben Linders John O'Duinn
on Nov 24, 2018
Culture & Methods

The New Killer Apps: Teamwork and Weak Signal Detection Lessons from the Military

There are a lot of great teamwork and weak signal detection lessons from the military that can help forward-leaning leaders create the organizational agility and safety they need to survive and thrive on their own terms in this VUCA world. This article explores how teamwork and weak signal detection lessons from the military are becoming “The New Killer Apps.”

Brian Rivera
on Nov 13, 2018
Culture & Methods

Author Q&A: From Hierarchy to High Performance

In a new book From Hierarchy to High Performance, the authors provide a series of essays designed to help “Unleash the Hidden Superpowers of Ordinary People to Realize Extraordinary Results”. The premise of the book is that the management structures and employee engagement systems that most organizations apply are not (may never have really been) relevant and useful for the 21st century.

Shane Hastie Doug Kirkpatrick
on Oct 29, 2018
Culture & Methods

Author Q&A - A Guide to Distributed Agile Framework

InfoQ contributors and distributed team experts Hugo Messer, John Okoro and Savita Pahuja have expanded on their articles and minibook on working effectively in distributed teams and published a book titled Distributed Agile Framework. They present a framework for distributed organisations and teams who want to use an agile approach to delivering customer value.

Hugo Messer Savita Pahuja Shane Hastie John Okoro
on Oct 04, 2018
Culture & Methods

Ajey Gore on Small Teams Making a Big Difference and Effective Outsourcing

Ajay Gore will talk at the upcoming Agile Impact conference in Indonesia on his experiences working across multiple cultures, outsourcing for the right reasons and how small teams who have end-to-end responsibility for their products enable scaling and growth.

Hugo Messer
on Sep 17, 2018
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Emotional Science

The book Emotional Science by Michael K Sahota and Audree Tara Sahota provides an understanding of emotions, which, as stated by the authors, goes beyond current models in psychology. The book provides exercises that can be used to become aware of emotions and learn how to deal with them, which is a practical way of increasing your Emotional Intelligence.

Ben Linders Audree Tara Sahota Michael Sahota
on Sep 14, 2018