Hello folks,

It’s been a week of sunshine, which I hope you have been able to enjoy. Life on the NW coast can be cold and very, very windy, but when the sun is out, it’s magical.

Work-related, this week has mostly been about proportionate agile, communities of practice (and other groups that bridge silos), and actually meeting people face-to-face.

Enjoy this week’s posts, and happy Friday.

Emily

People and Culture

'Think outside the bots': How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush

GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything from creativity to critical thinking.

Thomas Germain

The Leadership Skills That Make Transformation Stick

A conversation with BCG’s Julia Dhar about a mindset shift that leaders need to make.

Harvard Business Review

Organisations and Systems

Inside Bloomberg’s flat engineering culture

Bloomberg’s secret to keeping engineers is a flat structure, full ownership, and a culture that invests in people when others are cutting.

LeadDev • Chantal Kapani

Catalyst Leadership: You Cannot Optimize the Whole System if Your Inner System Optimizes for Safety

Most leaders are not held back by a lack of competence. They are held back by an inner system that was built for a different kind of world. According to Bob Anderson and Bill Adams at Leadership…

Michael Göthe

Outcomes and Objectives

Stop Building Innovation Labs

Labs were never the point. The conditions surrounding them were.

Jack Strachan

Approaches for Teams

Working in the open ≠ comms

I have a hypothesis: “working in the open” is not the same as “comms”.

Giles Turnbull

Other Things

3 Conversations Every Leadership Team Should Have Before Their Next Strategic Planning Offsite

When we hear the word planning, we usually think of solutions, timelines, and next steps. You know, the fun stuff! But what about the…

Medium • Jackie Colburn

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