Geoff Mazeroff

Dates covered: October 8-14, 2018 (week 41 of 52)

Business

• The (broken) economics of [open-source software] (via The Software Mentor)
• Tech’s push to teach coding isn’t about kids’ success – it’s about cutting wages (via The Software Mentor)
• How Cryptocurrency Can Help Companies Get Investment Capital (via TED)

Career

• The Secret Formula for Choosing the Right Next Role (via The Software Mentor)
• When to Turn Down a Lucrative Opportunity (via Harvard Business Review)
• Career Narratives (via Software Lead Weekly)

Communication

• The Virtual Work Skills You Need — Even If You Never Work Remotely (via Harvard Business Review)
• The Problem with Using “I Statements” at Work (via Harvard Business Review)
• Presenting to the Boss(es) (via Pluralsight communications channel)
• Completing this 30-minute exercise makes teams less anxious and more productive (via Software Lead Weekly)

Culture

• All 700 employees at this startup work remotely. Here’s why one of its top execs says it’s given them a major edge over the competition. (via The Software Mentor)
• How Men Get Penalized for Straying from Masculine Norms (via Harvard Business Review)
• The Problem of Visibility for Women in Engineering, and How They Manage It (via Harvard Business Review)
• Which Types of Companies Are Adding Women to Their Boards, and Which Aren’t (via Harvard Business Review)

Design

• Designing for suicidal users: preventing suicide the modern way (via The Software Mentor)

Developing employees

• 3 Ways to Build a Data-Driven Team(via Harvard Business Review)
• Make Data a Cornerstone of Your Team (via Harvard Business Review)

Economics

• How Amazon’s Higher Wages Could Increase Productivity (via Harvard Business Review)
• The Good-Better-Best Approach to Pricing (via Harvard Business Review)

Leadership

• Don’t Just Tell Employees Organizational Changes Are Coming — Explain Why (via Harvard Business Review)
• Organizational Grit (via Harvard Business Review)
• Why Leaders Need to Cultivate Complementary Strengths (via Harvard Business Review)

Productivity

• Fill Out This Chart to Help You When You’re Overwhelmed (via Lifehacker)
• When the 80/20 Rule Fails: The Downside of Being Effective (via James Clear)

Psychology

• Research: Perspective-Taking Doesn’t Help You Understand What Others Want (via Harvard Business Review)

Self-development

• The Most Powerful Lesson My Cancer Taught Me About Life and Work (via Harvard Business Review)
• Why CEOs Devote So Much Time to Their Hobbies (via Harvard Business Review)

Social responsibility

• The Scale of the Climate Catastrophe Will Depend on What Businesses Do Over the Next Decade (via Harvard Business Review)
• Why People Aren’t Motivated to Address Climate Change (via Harvard Business Review)

Technology

• 10 Excel Functions Everyone Should Know (via Harvard Business Review)

Time management

• What to Do When You’re Covering for Colleagues — and Can’t Keep Up (via Harvard Business Review)
• What We Often Get Wrong About Automation (via Harvard Business Review)