Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

At the end of their shift, a team of software engineers in Boston can transfer the work where they left off (“asynchronically”) to another team in Bangalore, within or outside their own company, which continues the work until, at the end of their shift, they transfer it back — all with remarkable seamlessness. Structuring in Sevens.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

Henry Mintzberg, Professor, McGill University. ? And yet we often approach it with an engineering mindset. Activism is good if it fits your company’s values. Otherwise: Keep your ego under control. Peter Oswald, CEO, Mondi Group. ? It’s not about fixing capitalism. It’s about fixing society. Andrew Keen, Entrepreneur and Author. ?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Even the best senior-level engineer may stall out because she lacks the ability to manage or avoid the political traps that ensnare so many otherwise competent people. Achieving a high level of political expertise is not easy — nor is maintaining it. Mastery will never be total or permanent. Further Reading.

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Politics Mintzberg Learning-by-Doing Organization 8