Like society, companies are identical in terms of composition, there are soldiers, always ready for combat, obedient and disciplined, administrators for whom an approved document is more important than the person who approves, artists for whom only the spirit counts, religious for whom the faith is more important than anything , who would follow the preacher everywhere. Thus, companies are sometimes reduced to too simplistic models of human behaviour: the 4 colours of thinking, MBTI, etc. while the composition spectrum is much wider and richter. Pay close attention to reductive approaches that classify people in a simplistic way. Explore more deeply the profound societal analogies, that can provide often answers to the different complexes questions with more finesse and nuance.
Category: Leadership
Managing humans
Reading again this book after few years on the shelf, find it very striking, refreshing and energizing book, nice reading.
Every single chapter may echoes in your daily experiences, will certainly help you take better decisions, understand better your team members.
Managing Humans by Michael Lopp
After more than two decades of software engineering, some of these chapter’s may resonate more than others, book is organized around themes with funny and appealing titles.
An eyes openers, a holistic view of software engineers work life, a deep diving in geeks world,
This book is not only a pre-requisite reading for any software engineering manager but also anybody dealing with software engineering teams, getting an insider view to better understand their uses and internal jargon’s.
By the way the book contains a glossary, a bit outdated one but very fun.
Happy reading or re-reading, better happy applying 🙏
We are more in control than ever
Attended a session “Power Beliefs“, amazing and real discovery, most of our interactions with others are based on feelings and perception. Unfortunately we are not sure about how much we control our “destiny”, what is the percentage of a given, our cultural heritage the role that our education, etc… can play to design our present and future. It looks like that we are often and always-in control at least more than we think. This is a good news for those who aspire to be better or just different.
Jamal Daiki 