At Work with The Ready

24. Ask Us Anything No. 3

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It’s mailbag time! And while we know we said this last time, we really mean it that this was probably the hardest group of questions we’ve dealt with on the show yet! Rodney and Sam get out their thinking caps and answer some questions from listeners like you about non-traditional organizational leadership, workplace dynamics around project capacity planning, and more.


Questions tackled:

  • Are great teams and strategies impossible without traditional leadership?
  • Can project capacity planning be done in a people-positive, complexity conscious way?
  • Why do traditional orgs bias towards convergent thinking, especially around annual planning?
  • How do you prioritize cross-functional initiatives between leadership and teams that avoids zombie projects and mutual disappointment?


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      Mentioned references:

      • the LinkedIn post asked about
      • Rube Goldberg machine
      • "MBT" (mission-based team): FoHR Miniseries Ep. 1
      • "DAO": BNW Ep. 96 with Chase Chapman
      • "product mindset episode": AWWTR Ep. 23
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