#working out loud

[failwise]

I left myself with five ways in. My first instinct is to start somewhere else 😂

[failwise]

We spent a month writing and reading in glass boxes. We read faster, wrote more – and inspired passersby

We spent a month writing and reading in glass boxes. We read faster, wrote more – and inspired passersby

The WritersBLOCK / ReadersBLOCK project in Hobart is a reminder of the importance of stories, and the benefits of making time to slow down a

Love this

[failwise]

Still saying and thinking the same ways, still stuck being failwise in the world

[bdarfler]

I have had a weeknotes practice for a few years, starting in my upward 1:1 doc, and more recently expanding to public slack posts. It is always worth the time for my own reflection, for future reference, and for radiating intent.

[lloyddavis]

Family History Project Day 1 of 28

Family History Project Day 1 of 28

Today was a thinking day. Starting a new project. Well, choosing a new project first of all. Last weekend I went through the cards I’ve been using for the last 28 days and wrote down what project idea I had for each of them. Just the first thing off the top of my head. Today I looked back over it with a view to choosing something. As I read them I realised that a couple of them had the added…

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[muchweknow]

“Well, Let Me Just Interrupt You There…”

“Well, Let Me Just Interrupt You There…”

This cartoon definitely hits close to home. I like to talk, to discuss, debate, and argue. I have opinions and I share them freely. I hope I do so because I have something to add, but that is never certain!  “If you don’t speak up, then your ideas are not heard.” It is a fairly standard approach to workplace dynamics. In recent years, I have worked mainly with women in my team. Female…

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[bdarfler]

Working in the Open — 7 techniques for Tech Companies Going Remote

Transitioning a company to remote work takes a culture and mindset shift for every person in the company. The easiest way to transition to…

Working in the open, leaving an audit trail, showing your work, whatever you want to call it, is a powerful practice and even more so in remote environments. “The easiest way to transition to successfully work remotely as a distributed team is to work in the open.”

[muchweknow]

Dis!Organize Ep. 22: Share is the New Save.

Dis!Organize Ep. 22: Share is the New Save. Let the network in.

You create a document, a piece of content or data or design. You hit the floppy disk icon and save it to a drive. You email it to a few people. 

You decide who needs to know what and when.

This is about control.

But here’s the thing: The world is moving too fast for us to control every step and process and data point. 

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