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On Being Thankful at Work 4 minutes read.
Here is something you can try on your next 1:1 with your teammates: figure out about their relationships with other teammates. Figuring out style, building trust and solid communication can lead to magical feeling, or as Katherine Daniels writes it down so elegantly: "When you know each other well, it’s easier to figure out how to make each other’s work lives better, even without consciously trying. When you know each other well, it’s easier to be thankful to work together... developing a common language and shared understanding of how you work, both individually and together, is key to helping a new team or group come together and helping to cultivate thankfulness at work."
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Yes, Your Team Should Be Blogging 4 minutes read.
There is no doubt that building an engineering-brand is one of those long-term investments you should constantly strive to. When companies seek to grow, they are often "surprised" that no one actually knows something about them. Make sure you regularly encourage your teammates to invest in answering questions on Stack Overflow or Quora, writing blog posts, giving a talk in some meetup or conference, contributing to open-source projects and anything else that comes to mind. Branding matters.
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Focus 7 minutes read.
Henrik Kniberg summarizes his key points from his talk on extracting more value from his available time. Read and then read again Henrik's point on ""Busy-ness" is an artificial concept".
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