Showing, having and giving courage.
Silence is an underused and underappreciated aspect of collaboration.
An important aspect of the coaching leadership I want to encourage is about “creating space”. Space for me to show what I can do by not interrupting or encouraging trying out ideas - no matter how crazy they sound.
PyCon SE was held online this year. I do not think I am the only one missing the buzz and energy of a physical conference, but a two-day online event gives plenty of inspiration too!
The Funnel tech organisation is known for having a strong agile mindset. Rather than trying to release code in big chunks, they break down problems into small chunks and make small, but frequent, releases.
Collaboratively written by Tommy Appel, Carl Eriksson, and Fredrik Rubensson during a FunCon 01 open space. For some time a group of people at Funnel has met monthly in something called Speakers’ Corner - a forum for speakers both new and experienced to share insights about public speaking.
Legacy code is a fact of life. It is a combination of code smells, changed business requirements and ageing technology. It can be difficult to work with - especially in a flexible language like Python.
About remote work at Funnel Like many other organizations, Funnel switched to remote work in March 2020. However, many Funnelers had set up their own office space at home before that.
I had a couple of discussions with two separate colleagues a while back. At first I was not aware of the concept we were discussing (and mutually appreciating). After some thinking and after one of them actually put a name on it I realized that what I was thinking of - and really liked having seen so prominently in our organisation - was emotional maturity.