Posts from Awesome Folks #40

Emily Webber
December 02, 2022

Hello and happy Friday,

It's December! I hope things are not too chilly where you are.

As we head into the festive season and the end of the year, it's a good time to reflect on what happened over the year, and 2022 has been an eventful time. I tend to use this time to look back over the year to remind myself what I have achieved and what changes have happened, both with work and in my personal life.

I don't bullet journal myself, but this format is appealing because it's so visual.

On another note, as the service I use to send this newsletter, Revue, is a Twitter company, I am on a slow search for an alternative; if you have any recommendations that are as nice and easy to use, please let me know.

I hope you enjoy this week's links; let me know by hitting the thumbs up at the bottom.

Emily

People and culture

Should You Let Employees Set Their Own Salary?

When this year started, your salary was probably worth more than it is now. Although you’re still making the same amount of money, it’s likely not going as far as it used to even a few months ago. With inflation being around 15%, everyone is currently raising their prices. So, why can’t you do the same?

https://corporate-rebels.com/should-you-let-employees-set-own-salary/

By Joost Minnaar

Six creative ways to use coaching questions | Lara Hogan

My most-used tool these days is definitely this list of 20 great open questions. There are so many things it’s useful for.

https://larahogan.me/blog/creative-coaching-questions

By Lara Hogan

3 Proven Concepts That Help Me Overcome Intense Performance Anxiety

How to be calm in scary moments.

https://betterhumans.pub/3-proven-concepts-that-help-me-overcome-intense-performance-anxiety-488746cd4ff0

By Chris Wojcik

Organisations and systems

“What improves developer productivity?” is the wrong question

I’ve noticed people sharing this Google paper “What Improves Developer Productivity at Google? Code Quality”.

https://jchyip.medium.com/what-improves-developer-productivity-is-the-wrong-question-dcd2fc08531d

By Jason Yip

“Thinking in Systems” (Book Review)

“Thinking in Systems” is a short but pretty dense book about systems thinking. Its author, the late Donella H. Meadows, was an environmental scientist who back in the Seventies started …

https://marcabraham.com/2022/11/28/thinking-in-systems-book-review

By Marc Abraham

Setting and measuring goals

Tension: why product development requires balancing conflicting goals – Help your organization focus on successful outcomes

https://www.jpattonassociates.com/tension/

By Jeff Patton

Tools and approaches for teams

This question will influence the success of your meetings

Facilitating effective meetings that are intentional, outcome-oriented and productive.

https://medium.com/informationartist/this-question-will-influence-the-success-of-your-meetings-3ddfe3578c0f

By Ruchi Parchur

Work Solo or Collaborate? How to Choose Based on What Benefits You - Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant

Work Solo or Collaborate? How to Choose Based on What Benefits You Do you prefer collaborative or solo work? Some of us prefer to work alone because we know how to be effective, even if our work is not independent of everyone else's work. Or, if we work as part of a workgroup, such as … Work Solo or Collaborate? How to Choose Based on What Benefits You Read More »

https://www.jrothman.com/newsletter/2022/11/work-solo-or-collaborate-how-to-choose-based-on-what-benefits-you/

By Johanna Rothman

Performance Cards: Designing with Meaning and Empathy

Challenge the way you think and serve access-constrained users with these cards.

https://spotify.design/article/performance-cards-designing-with-empathy-and-meaning

By Oskar Westerberg

Other things

Public Digital #70 🌏 Big tech, ego and effective altruism 🤯

https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?id=f9d7080b89&u=267242671076d81909a499704

Learn by making

https://learnbymaking.wales/en/