Posts from Awesome Folks #90

A weekly round up of blog posts I've been reading

Author

Emily Webber
January 05, 2024

Hello folks,

And Happy New Year!

If you are back to work this week, like me, your brain is probably still slowly waking up in earnest before 2024 really starts. I had a day of travel and workshops yesterday; it was a big shock to the system!

Maybe you are setting intentions for the year, personally or professionally. Or you are just looking forward to the promises that a new year brings. Either way, I wish you a happy new year, may it be full of exciting opportunities, great interactions and enough time for yourself.

Enjoy this week’s posts, and Happy Friday.

Emily

People and Culture

The Power of Coaching in Self-Managing Organizations - Blog

By HappyHenry

Employees in self-managing organizations obviously don't have managers, but that doesn't mean there isn't somebody there to support them. Many of these organizations rely on coaches to empower and guide their employees. However, not all organizations follow this path.

www.corporate-rebels.com/blog/the-power-of-coaching

Practice Your Active Listening Skills

By Amy Gallo

How to make other people feel heard and understood.

hbr.org/podcast/2024/01/practice-your-active-listening-skills

Organisations and Systems

Building Your Design Team, One Community at a Time

By Lee Jeffery

UX Team Lead, Lee Jeffery explores how you and your team can identify and build communities within your design team, aiming for a broader…

medium.com/@lee.jeffery.ux/building-your-design-team-one-community-at-a-time-14666ac49d0e

TBM 263: "I Aspire to Regret How We Used to Work"

By John Cutler

Note: I will return to my series on dependencies (see Part 1 and Part 2) in 2024. I'd like to close out 2023 with something brewing in my mind for a while. It involves one of the critical limiting beliefs that gets in the way of improvement and one of the core enabling beliefs that sets "good" teams apart. It is also something I'm considering as I set some goals and aspirations for 2024 and catch myself falling into common traps.

cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-263-i-aspire-to-regret-how-we

Twenty Years of Open Innovation

By Henry Chesbrough

Open innovation requires moving knowledge across divides. Organizational silos are the biggest barriers to success.

sloanreview.mit.edu/article/twenty-years-of-open-innovation

Outcomes and Objectives

Stop saying MVP

By Jeff Gothelf

We've been using the phrase MVP for over a decade. It's long lost its true intent. Let's ditch it in favor of new language.

jeffgothelf.com/blog/stop-saying-mvp

How to Plan for Change: Clear Strategy, Small Deliverables, Rolling Wave with Options

Johanna Rothman

Regardless of whether you work inside an organization or you work for yourself, the start of the new year allows all of us to reset and restart. That means too many of us think we need to “plan” for an entire year. Before you consider an entire year, reflect on last year: How much of your original plan survived the entire year?

www.jrothman.com/mpd/2024/01/how-to-plan-for-change-clear-strategy-small-deliverables-rolling-wave-with-options

7 | Intentions vs. Goals: Start with Purpose for Greater Impact - Katie Anderson

By Katie Anderson

What if HOW you go about setting your goals can change the impact you have – even more than the goals themselves? It’s that time of year for setting goals, to reflect on what you achieved – or didn’t achieve – in the past year and make resolutions and big goals for the coming year. ... Read more

kbjanderson.com/7-intentions-vs-goals

Facilitation and Decision making

How to design a winning workshop: Step 5 of 5

By Jackie Colburn

Don’t let the ideas and energy you’ve generated in your workshop stall out. End on a high note by facilitating the fifth and final part of…

jackiecolburn.medium.com/how-to-design-a-winning-workshop-step-5-of-5-752b3f05df6d

Team Approaches

An introduction to the pros and cons of delivering with cross-functional teams.

By Jo Roach

Who is this for: Business Leaders, Operations & Delivery Professionals

medium.com/@joroachlondon/an-introduction-to-the-pros-and-cons-of-delivering-with-cross-functional-teams-c51e83bc930d