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Hearing things like “It’s their job, I shouldn’t be bothered” it’s a signal of people not understanding others’ work. Below that there often is misunderstanding effectiveness and lack of respect.
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Original meaning of Kanban is that it’s a visual signal. We tend to think about Kanban in terms of boards, columns, index cards, etc. However, in principle, none of that is needed to design a Kanban system.
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Lateral (non-core) skills in any endeavor are typically overlooked. However, they typically enable a different balance in value exchange and create more advantageous scenario for both parties. That’s why they are, in fact, core skills.
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Assessment systems aspire to be objective. And they fail miserably. What if we give up the pretense of objectivity and agree that we are subjective?
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An internet discussion (yeah, I know, quite a bad idea for a trigger) inspired me to share some of the uncommon things we do at Lunar when it comes to decision-making. In short, as Lunar, anyone can make any decision as long as they go through an advisory process. The latter means consulting with people […]
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There’s been an interesting long-term study on graduates. Those who prioritized wealth and financial success in survey responses were significantly more likely to achieve it 20 years later. It seems almost intuitive, doesn’t it? Their choices, actions, and focus were likely geared toward accumulating wealth and maximizing financial gains. This phenomenon isn’t confined to individual […]
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Some time ago, I had a lengthy exchange about how we work at Lunar Logic, which behaviors are OK and which are not. At one point in the discussion, I realized that the source of the different stances in the dispute was a very different perception of what organizational culture is. Organizational Culture When I’m […]
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How does transparency feel? Early in my career, I had an occasion to experience that. I was working in a typical organization where lots of things, payroll included, were secrets. Then the salary list leaked out. It wasn’t a huge leak, i.e. it didn’t go public, but I was close enough to the source that […]
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There is a remark on hiring I’ve heard quite a few times recently. It’s about sending a rejection message to a candidate. It goes along the lines: “Just don’t tell them that they’re not a good fit for the culture. That’s bullshit. That means nothing.” A Bad Fit I can’t say that such a remark […]
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One of the concepts that has been widely popularized by Agile movement is self-organization of teams. It lands very nicely in any Agile context, no matter the discussed method or even a general approach one might have to Agile implementations. It is, after all, an idea that appeals to line employees and managers alike. Let’s […]
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