Category: Work
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Your org chart is a map. But to what terrain?
I’ve been fascinated with maps since I was small. I credit my parents for giving me an atlas when I was 5, and for having a floor-to-ceiling map of the world in our dining room for most of my childhood. I suspect this played a nontrivial part in my interest in geography and geology, eventually…
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Measure the relationships between individuals.
That humans are social animals is well established; that this social aspect of our species is not reflected in the way we design the feedback mechanisms and hierarchies of our work organizations seems evident. It’s time to rethink performance reviews and employee evaluations that focus on the individuals instead of their relationships. Paraphrasing Dave Snowden,…
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10 Years.
April 12th, 2020 marked the 10 year anniversary of my joining Reading Plus. It’s been an interesting ride, full of experiences both typical to a modern techie career path, and unique to my circumstance and abilities. During my time here we have moved our servers from one colocation facility to another then moved our product…