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Layoffs, Pendulums, Layers, and Gemba Walks

· June 23, 2024 · 1 minute to read
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TBM 44/52: Dissonance, Diffusion, and Debt

· October 27, 2022 · 2 minutes to read

TBM 44/52: Dissonance, Diffusion, and Debt A person (A) keeps asking their manager (B) for a much-needed tool. The manager hits their limit and shifts the load to a purchasing manager (C), who they know will not reply. C has adapted to protect themselves from directly saying No. A eventually resigns themself to not getting the […]

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· October 4, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Memo reveals ‘shocking’ police misuse of COVID-19 database, say rights groups

This is wild and depressing. A database full of PHI is built in a rush to help 911 dispatchers. It turns out to be useless to them, but instead gets queried willy-nilly by police. “Shocking”!

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As Naughty Dog Crunches On The Last Of Us II, Developers Wonder How Much Longer This Approach Can Last

· March 13, 2020 · 1 minute to read

As Naughty Dog Crunches On The Last Of Us II, Developers Wonder How Much Longer This Approach Can Last

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When a Team Does Not Want to Do the Work that Needs to Be Done

· March 10, 2020 · 1 minute to read

When a Team Does Not Want to Do the Work that Needs to Be Done | Test Obsessed

Step 1: Have the “Here’s the Problem We Need to Solve” Conversation
Step 2: Create Momentum

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Momentum > Urgency

· March 10, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Momentum > Urgency | Test Obsessed:

So from J’s point of view, when he was unhappy with the productivity of a team in the past, he ratcheted up the pressure and got the result he wanted. If there was a downside to his approach, he probably never saw it. He was too far away from the work and from the people doing it.

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Accountability vs Complexity

· February 22, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Accountability vs Complexity:

invite folks to take collective responsibility for improving the system, rather than accountability for an outcome that they cannot control or predict

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Dmitri Vassilenko

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Backend distributed systems developer, living in southern Ontario, Canada. Occasional rock-climber, frequent video-gamer. Jack of no trades, master also of none.

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