The Retrospective

#4 The Retrospective 27th of May 2024

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Chapters (notes below):


00:00::00 Awkward intros

00:00:51 Reflecting on Benoit's (CPTO of Lunii) guest appearance last week and the 4 day work week

00:14:28 What correlates with happiness?

00:28:59 Peter's articles on getting hired as an EM - part 1 & 2

00:32:32 Hands on/Hands off Engineering Managers

00:39:02 You need to have multiple CVs!

00:44:07 Drop some nuggets in your CV

00:46:34 Is AI being used to screen me?

00:51:16 Should I use AI to write my CV?

00:53:01 Hot tips for how to use AI

00:58:08 Clickbaity AI

01:01:59 Four Key Questions for Managers That Boost Team Performance

01:09:32 Trust and performance management

01:15:26 Should I share my answers?

01:18:11 Layoffs and low performers

01:22:58 Low performers, the vampire in your team

01:24:25 Retention risk and tracking over time

01:25:40 Give it three months

01:26:23 How to get started

01:28:09 Share your work at 20% done

01:31:55 Being right the first time and the Ikea Effect

01:34:09 Jeremy's pivot

01:36:48 Should our newsletters be perfect?

01:39:49 Homelabbing woes

01:48:44 Looking forward to next week


Show notes

  • Our previous show about Lunii’s 4-day workweek experiment: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7199358260410245121/
  • Peter’s earlier article about a Hungarian company trying the same: https://peterszasz.com/the-end-of-a-4-day-workweek-experiment/
  • Timsons, a family-owned business focusing on employee happiness: https://www.timpson.co.uk/ you can read more about how they are run here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1J7x50pDt5DrcPJ57B7kkM9/6-things-we-learnt-from-the-ceo-of-timpson-s
  • The History of Guinness and it’s social impact - https://faithandleadership.com/stephen-mansfield-god-and-guinness
  • Peter’s newsletter including the activities / happiness correlation research: https://peterszasz.com/week-21-2024-frustration-and-happiness/
  • Not the article Peter mentioned, but a great talk on why we should not send money to Africa: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/media/series/39/20090409-dead-aid-why-aid-is-not-working-and-how-there-is-a-better-way-for-africa
  • Hungarian charity giving targeted help to specific homeless people: https://vanesely.hu/english/
  • Peter’s articles about Getting Hired as an EM:
  • Women less likely to apply for jobs they don’t feel fully qualified for: https://hbr.org/2014/08/why-women-dont-apply-for-jobs-unless-theyre-100-qualified
  • Jeremy: AI prompting article to ask for clarifying questions: https://www.descript.com/blog/article/11-best-chatgpt-prompts
  • Growth design website to give tips in design experiences: https://growth.design/
  • Jeremy’s recent Performance Questions article: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/four-key-questions-for-managers-that-boost-team-performance/
  • …and the original one about debunking performance rating myths: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/17-debunking-performance-rating-myths/
  • Nine Lies about Work book: https://goodreads.com/book/show/40086702-nine-lies-about-work
  • Jeremy’s article about the Baseline Principles for Teams: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/21-baseline-principles-for-teams/
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21343.The_Five_Dysfunctions_of_a_Team
  • The 9-Box Performance Evaluation Model: https://www.bamboohr.com/blog/9-box-grid
  • Jeremy’s article about sharing your work early: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/the-20-percent-rule/
  • …and his earlier one about the IKEA Effect: https://www.jeremybrown.tech/the-ikea-effect/
  • Peter’s article about Homelabbing for Engineering Leaders: https://peterszasz.com/homelabbing-for-engineering-leaders/
  • Craft Conference 10: https://craft-conf.com/2024

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