Viewing Teams Through the Lens of Trust
Everything we do in our teams is based on trust. Trust, however, is a limited resource. We should spend it wisely.🙏 Today's Episode is Brought To you by: SquareSquare has APIs for almost every aspect...
17 Feb 202215min
3 Habits For Your First 30 Days As A New Engineer On A Team (Corrected Audio)
You're a new engineer - what should you start doing in your first 30 days? In this episode, we talk about 3 behaviors you might be resisting, but that you should actually embrace in order to improve y...
14 Feb 202217min
Your Media, Your Message
In the mid 20th century, Marshall Mcluhan brought philosophy into the spotlight with his claim that the "medium is the message." We discuss the meaningfulness of this, and apply it to our work as engi...
10 Feb 202211min
Two Shifts to Change Our Working Mindset from Static to Dynamic
The world around us isn't static, but our brain processes as if it is.In this episode we talk about subtle shifts to help break that mold for the most important interactions we have in the world.🙏 To...
8 Feb 202216min
Taking Advantage of Uniquely Human Capabilities
In today's episode, we discuss the fact that intuition isn't all that bad to use when estimating... we just shouldn't use it to estimate a number. Taking advantage of things humans are already good at...
3 Feb 202210min
Seek Context to Offset Prediction Errors
When we have context, we predict more accurately. When we translate numbers into more meaningful concepts, we create context where previously things were fuzzy. This makes our predictions more meaning...
1 Feb 20228min
Excessive Cohesion - When We Fill In Gaps to Make Things Make Sense
In today's episode we talk about a concept called excessive cohesion - when our brains fill in the gaps when information is missing. This is an important function of our brains, but sometimes it can l...
27 Jan 202215min
Some of My Productivity Mechanisms
Increasing clarity informs perspective. Changing perspective often brings new clarity.When we manage our work through effective process, we are seeking clarity on that work. We refine our to-do list b...
24 Jan 202217min
