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“The assumption underlying all this is that incident data can shed light on a system’s reliab…#
“The assumption underlying all this is that incident data can shed light on a system’s reliability. But this assumption is never warranted. Analysis of your incident data may shed light on your incidents. But incident data really can’t tell you anything about your reliability.”
https://blog.danslimmon.com/2023/04/04/incident-metrics-tell-you-nothing-about-reliability/
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“By the end, you’ll be prepared to operate effectively within an existing planning process, b…#
“By the end, you’ll be prepared to operate effectively within an existing planning process, balance functional and cross-functional demands, and diagnose how your current planning process may be holding Engineering and your company back.”
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“Less is more. What is the smallest number of things you need to define in order to create alig…#
“Less is more. What is the smallest number of things you need to define in order to create alignment and get everyone on the same page about where we are going and what success looks like? Make sure that every person who reads the goals or listens to the presentation will walk away clear on what the most important thing is. “
https://mollyg.substack.com/p/i-hate-okrs-and-other-thoughts-about
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“Few traits are as central to the anatomy of incompetent leadership as arrogance. Contrary to p…#
“Few traits are as central to the anatomy of incompetent leadership as arrogance. Contrary to popular belief, most people are overconfident rather than underconfident.”
https://hbr.org/2020/03/how-to-spot-an-incompetent-leader
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“In the anonymous story that Tanya tells, and in mine, glue work is not considered to be promot…#
“In the anonymous story that Tanya tells, and in mine, glue work is not considered to be promotable. Which still strikes me as counterintuitive given that “glue work is the difference between a project that succeeds and one that fails”!”
https://juliaferraioli.com/blog/2023/influential-articles-jul/
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“However, the fact that you are learning only from success is a deeper problem than you imagine…#
“However, the fact that you are learning only from success is a deeper problem than you imagine.”
https://longform.asmartbear.com/survivor-bias/