Thrilled to share our latest research on ED teams. Psychological safety - the ability to take interpersonal risks - is critical to team performance across industries...we have put a spotlight on the concept in emergency medicine. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… A thread.

We are heartbroken to say Maxi Jazz died peacefully in his sleep last night. He was a man who changed our lives in so many ways. He gave proper meaning and a message to our music. He was a lovely human being with time for everyone and wisdom that was both profound and accessible.

We are mourning the loss of legendary musician Maxi Jazz, who has passed away at the age of 65. The team will walk out to Faithless on Boxing Day in tribute.

Dave Farley It's time to get rid of pull requests for team work, and while we're at that, no more individual work. It's wasteful and inefficient.

Design your week. Or busy will.

A suggestion: If your dev team does great work, find ways to tell the rest of the biz, in ways that they will understand and appreciate. Try and do this without talking about the technology!

Biggest hiring lesson for start ups I learned: Be very careful when you hire fancy execs from big companies. They often can’t deliver results under constrained resources. What makes you successful in a big company is very different than what makes you successful in a start up.

Yes!

I just backed The Big Sea on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/thebi…

“A system can not understand itself.” — W. Edwards Deming

I think that “engineering” in general, but particularly in software, is widely misunderstood. Engineering is never about proscribing solutions… Engineering is Optimising for a Greater Chance of Success

For too long, the essence of what makes us human—our empathy, values, and emotions—have been dismissed as “soft" skills and relegated to the sidelines. Yet these capacities drive everything: culture, engagement, leadership, innovation, collaboration.

Neither. You promise to extend the platform but you need at least two years. In the meantime, you promise to build a patch to unblock things temporarily. Then, reorgs happen and everyone forgets the patch was a patch. Repeat this 100x times and that's how platforms evolve today.

McGregor's "Theory X & Theory Y" was developed more than 60 years ago. It continues to be one of the most influential models for my change practice. Leaders with a Theory Y perspective are far more likely to be able to deliver continuous improvement. More about McGregor:

Learning day today GDS and a fascinating first session from Armakuni on team topologies

💬 We asked people with a learning disability to share their experiences of the ‘R’ word. They were so upset and traumatised by the word, they didn’t want to speak about it on camera. This is what they told us. 📢 Challenge it. Report it.

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Isn’t it simply that the photo has been taken from a lower angle? #taylorswift #massive