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The American Nightmare

· June 6, 2020 · 1 minute to read

The American Nightmare:

You are them. They are you. You are all the same person—all the murdered, all the living, all the infected, all the resisting—because racist America treats the whole black community and all of its anti-racist allies as dangerous, just as Hoffman did. What a nightmare. But perhaps the worst of the nightmare is knowing that racist Americans will never end it. Anti-racism is on you, and only you.

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Learn to never be wrong.

· March 21, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Learn to never be wrong:

The act of asking good questions with good intent opens up a conversation, creating space and safety for others to ask their own questions. Good questions are asked with the desire to learn, and they are specific. They sharpen the conversation. They free the answerer from the obligation to defend their position. In a potentially contentious meeting, ask three good questions before you share your perspective, and you’ll see the room shift around you.

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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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Testosterone is widely, and sometimes wildly, misunderstood

· March 10, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Testosterone is widely, and sometimes wildly, misunderstood:

T doesn’t govern men’s aggression and sexuality. And it’s a shame we don’t hear as much about the research showing that higher levels of T in men just as easily correlate with generosity as with aggression. But generosity is less a stereotypically male virtue, and this would spoil the story about men’s inherent aggressiveness, especially manly men’s aggressiveness. And this has a profound impact on what men and women think about men’s natural inclinations.

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Decolonizing mental health: The importance of an oppression-focused mental health system

· March 1, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Decolonizing mental health: The importance of an oppression-focused mental health system: “I think that what has happened in the last 20 or 30 years is that many people of colour have started to just try to survive, understandably,” says Mullan. “The system is really good at having us just focus on surviving so much that […]

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Pay fair

· February 23, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Pay fair – Increment: Teams

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A guide to distributed teams

· February 23, 2020 · 1 minute to read

A guide to distributed teams – Increment: Teams

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Why the ‘business case’ for diversity isn’t working

· February 23, 2020 · 1 minute to read

Why the ‘business case’ for diversity isn’t working we are highly unlikely to see these promised trillions. And, such failures may lead to disillusionment with diversity efforts.   when there are downturns in organizational performance, believers in the business case are more likely to see diversity efforts as ineffective and to support dropping the organization’s investment […]

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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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