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News: Ashton Kutcher Resigns As Board Chair of Anti-Child Sexual Abuse Organization He Co-Founded

Yashar's Newsletter • 2201 implied HN points • 15 Sep 23
📰 News Celebrity Sexual Abuse Organization Resignation
  1. Ashton Kutcher resigned as board chairman of an anti-child sexual abuse organization he co-founded.
  2. Kutcher admitted writing a character letter for a convicted rapist was an error in judgment, but he did not apologize directly to the victims.
  3. The character letters from Kutcher and his wife portrayed the rapist in a positive light, which hurt and infuriated survivors.

What Reid Hoffman Understands About the Human Balancing Act

The Geek Way • 99 implied HN points • 18 Mar 24
💼 Business Management Entrepreneurship Leadership Innovation Organization
  1. Reid Hoffman is regarded as a brilliant entrepreneur and investor who has made significant impacts in Silicon Valley and the tech sector.
  2. Understanding first principles for running an organization can be linked to evolutionary principles, providing insights into human organizational behavior.
  3. The balancing act between being ultrasocial and self-interested is a fundamental principle in human nature and can explain various challenges in the business world.

The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

Think Future • 19 implied HN points • 28 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-Improvement Family Minimalism Organization
  1. Swedish Death Cleaning is a practice of decluttering before you die to make things easier for loved ones
  2. Thinking about what items are truly sentimental can help in decluttering and passing down meaningful belongings
  3. Preparing for your next phase of life involves decluttering, setting goals, and clearing the decks for new experiences
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9 trucs que j'ai pas mis cette semaine

L'Atelier Galita • 58 implied HN points • 13 Jan 24
🪑 Design Interior Organization
  1. Consider drawing main passage routes when arranging furniture to optimize space and movement.
  2. Sacrificing a beloved piece of furniture can significantly improve the sense of space and freedom in a room.
  3. Establishing a storage protocol can help maintain organization and cleanliness in living spaces.

People, ideas, machines VII: 'The Wizard War' - lessons on technology, intelligence & organisation from World War II

Dominic Cummings substack • 12 implied HN points • 23 Feb 24
🌍 World Politics Intelligence Technology Organization Security Regulation
  1. RV Jones's memoir 'The Wizard War' from World War II offers lessons on technology, intelligence, and organization that are relevant today.
  2. The story highlights the importance of duty and public service in leadership roles, emphasizing the need for purpose and service over self-seeking easement.
  3. The blog post discusses significant issues like rot in nuclear weapon infrastructure, failures in Westminster over Ukraine, and the importance of security in technology, urging for better collaboration and regulation.

dancing martial arts masters of the bicycle factory

Dan Davies - "Back of Mind" • 216 implied HN points • 31 May 23
💼 Business Management Organization Restructuring Production Assembly
  1. Assembling a folding bicycle involves over a thousand components and skilled bike builders for final assembly.
  2. Piecework payment system led to highly skilled assemblers who could work at incredible speeds.
  3. Transitioning to a production line system from piecework can be culturally disruptive and challenging, impacting the identity and skills of employees.

Democracy, Organization, Violence: Lessons From the Civil Rights Movement

Life in the 21st Century • 19 implied HN points • 25 Jan 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Civil Rights Movement Democracy Organization Violence Activism
  1. Historically, the Civil Rights Movement was a pinnacle of democracy, revealing the power of collective democratic thinking and action.
  2. The Movement's essence goes beyond one charismatic figure, emphasizing the crucial role of democratic organization for any meaningful movement.
  3. Ella Baker's organizational insight and advocacy for personal and political transformation highlight the importance of education, organizing, and egalitarian dialogue in true democratic politics.

Duct Tape

Lessons • 196 implied HN points • 05 Apr 23
💼 Business Leadership Management Team Building Hiring Organization
  1. Building a team after finding success is like patching holes in a leaky bucket.
  2. Prioritize hiring anchor leaders based on long-term importance and areas where duct tape won't suffice.
  3. Use duct tape solutions like interim leaders to fill temporary gaps while focusing on key leadership searches.

Of Napoleon and Kafka: A (Brief) Genealogy of Power, Part Three

Earthly Fortunes • 176 implied HN points • 20 May 23
🕹 Technology Software Organization Productivity Hierarchy Bureaucracy
  1. In the past, power shifted from the church to civil services during the Industrial and French Revolutions.
  2. Napoleon revolutionized modern warfare and governance by implementing structured hierarchies, rules, and specialist roles.
  3. Software companies today mirror bureaucratic structures with defined hierarchies, rules, and organizational processes.

Real and spectacular

My Home Office Hacks • 5 implied HN points • 19 Feb 24
🪑 Design Organization
  1. Professional organizer tip: Spend a few minutes daily organizing your desk and workspace for better efficiency.
  2. Consider top-of-the-line headphones like Sony WH-1000XM5 for quality and features, or more budget-friendly options like Soundcore Space One Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones.
  3. Inspirational quote: 'The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.' - Plutarch

Parkinson's Law: It's Real, So Use It

The Engineering Manager • 2 HN points • 29 Feb 24
💼 Business Management Productivity Leadership Organization Communication
  1. Setting challenging deadlines can lead to better results by manipulating scope, resources, and time.
  2. Deadlines are crucial for productivity and help create a sense of urgency that leads to tangible progress.
  3. Utilizing weekly reporting cadences and communicating clear deadlines can reshape how people approach their work and drive productivity.

Everything you wanted to ask about the pricing in B2B SaaS | Alex David (Corrily, Segment, Simon-Kucher)

nonamevc • 8 implied HN points • 08 Dec 23
💼 Business Pricing Consulting Strategy Organization Emerging Markets
  1. Consider different stages in pricing strategy based on company revenue: early stage, growth stage, and scaling stage.
  2. Placement of pricing function within a B2B SaaS organization can vary in sales, product, or finance/operations departments.
  3. Testing pricing changes, preventing price anchoring, and understanding rational buyer behavior are crucial in B2B SaaS pricing.

The Engineering Leader's Process for Continuous Improvement

Developing Leadership • 39 implied HN points • 25 Apr 23
💼 Business Leadership Engineering Metrics Organization Decision-making
  1. Engineering leaders have two main responsibilities: improving developer experience and delivering impact to end-users.
  2. The Engineering Leader's Process for Continuous Improvement involves identifying, discussing, deciding, aligning, acting, and measuring.
  3. It is important for engineering leaders to continuously loop through the improvement process, not just during times of issue.

Drama, Disorder, and Disintegration: The Many Faces of Dysfunctional Leadership Teams

The Leadership Lab • 39 implied HN points • 22 Jan 23
💼 Business Leadership Team Dynamics Communication Organization Management
  1. Having a conscious, connected, and effective leadership team is crucial for success. It's like having a stable stool with three legs - missing one means imbalance and struggle.
  2. Identifying the state of your leadership team is key - from disintegration when all aspects are missing, to different scenarios like codependence and friction with one missing aspect, or specific challenges with two missing aspects.
  3. The ideal is a complete team with all three aspects in place - conscious, connected, and effective. This requires dedication and commitment from all team members to maintain the standard.

Guide to leading meetings as a software engineer

High Growth Engineer • 1 HN point • 25 Feb 24
💼 Business Meetings Leadership Software Engineering Communication Organization
  1. Meetings can be a pain due to unclear objectives, wrong attendees, and lack of follow-through.
  2. To lead successful meetings, focus on inviting the right people, ensuring they know their role, and what they need to prepare.
  3. Document important points, highlight action items, and ensure active participation to drive meeting success.

TfT #9 / Meaningful structures

Tools for Thought • 3 HN points • 16 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Productivity Automation Structure AI Organization
  1. Chaos and disorganization harm productivity by draining energy, focus, and causing cognitive taxes
  2. Meaningful structures are essential for productivity and should simplify choice, perception, and computation
  3. To create an effective structure, start with first principles, maintain universality, build a Minimal Viable Structure, simplify, keep it lean and antifragile, and automate

Scaling Extreme Programming: Dependencies

Software Design: Tidy First? • 1 HN point • 20 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Programming Systems Dependencies Scaling Organization
  1. Extreme Programming focuses on reducing irreversibility and promoting reversibility in projects.
  2. Scaling Extreme Programming to large organizations requires addressing inter-connections between teams and dependencies.
  3. To manage dependencies in organizations, consider strategies like awareness, team improvement, slack, waiting, prioritizing, and self-service.

Product Management Skills - Know how to synthesize

Joseph Gefroh • 0 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
💼 Business Product Management Communication Problem Solving Organization Skill development
  1. Product managers must know how to synthesize information for effective communication and alignment.
  2. Adding structure to your narrative, such as Problem-Solution-Value or Situation-Action-Result, can enhance the clarity of your communication.
  3. Synthesizing various sources of information is important for product managers to construct a cohesive storyline and convey a clear message.

War Stories - How I matured a chaotic startup into a professional development team

Joseph Gefroh • 0 implied HN points • 10 Feb 24
💼 Business Startup Organization Management Tech Engineering
  1. The company faced challenges due to outdated organizational structures and lack of alignment between product and engineering teams, impacting project success and team morale.
  2. Centralized decision-making by product management caused inefficiencies and hindered innovation, leading to issues like technical debt, difficulty in resource allocation, and pay disparities among developers.
  3. Product managers lacked technical expertise and communication, resulting in fragmented project outcomes, delayed executions, and confusion across teams.

On communication - How to communicate effectively as a leader

Joseph Gefroh • 0 implied HN points • 10 Feb 24
💼 Business Leadership Communication Management Organization Feedback
  1. Communication is key for effective leadership. Many leaders fail due to poor communication.
  2. Repeat your messages consistently to avoid misinterpretations. Use multiple mediums and be precise to ensure clarity.
  3. Don't shy away from delivering bad news. Avoid the sandwich technique for feedback. Break down communication barriers to foster open and honest communication.