Can it be any surprise that after a decade of stagnant real #wages, the dire state of UK #management practice, the continued media focus on celebrity culture (where the talentless but 'entertaining' are rewarded) & a #Tory government that has made it its #business to shove money to its mates, that a significant minority of young people increasingly do not see a clear link between hard work and a 'better life'.
The only Q. is how fast is this feeling spreading?
Of course, the attempt by managers to lay the blame on #AI is to a large extent disingenuous; they (managers) have set the criteria against which AI examines the work data received...
but nonetheless using AI as a technological buffer for cruel & harsh management will be a growing tendency by the UK dysfunctional managerial class!
I cannot understate how important it is to have your team involved in the launch of a project they worked on. They should know when launch is happening, receive appreciation. Celebrate. And positive feedback from clients must be passed along to the team.
I've had a pattern in my career of finding out after the fact, when something I built was lunched. Of only hearing about the bugs or next wants. It really, really sucks.
A few years ago I started reading Software Lead Weekly. This is a weekly newsletter that roundups a bunch of really great articles and resources on engineering management and technical leadership. In one edition the concept of a Manager README was shared and I thought it sounded fantastic.
A Manager README is a document that you can share with your team to outline your own my leadership style. I recently finished writing my own here:
A report by Be The Business (a Govt. supported charity) reported in the FT, interestingly puts a large part of the blame for the UK's stagnated #productivity growth, not at the feet of #workers, but rather as a direct consequence of complacent management with a miss-placed confidence in its abilities.
This chimes well with my recent conclusions on the problem with #managers in a piece for @NWBylines
UK has a #management problem that needs urgently addressing/solving!
Please stop writing and disseminating "most #popular#programming#languages" articles. Besides the fact that #popularity is a relatively useless criterion to select an implementation by [1], the sources of your data are all terrible, and generally fall into:
-questionnaires sent to #CTOs by #management sites
-undocumented analysis of some large but random #corpus of #code
-#survey questions given to users of some popular tool or website
"If you are reduced to managing by threats (obey my rules or get out!), you are very likely to fail. If the pandemic has had any benefits in the workplace, it has led to a seismic shift in employees’ willingness to put up with bad management."
One of the most common questions asked in a job interview is if I have children. I think it has less to do with discrimination for or against being a parent but more of our class status as even women with children are seen as more adult, responsible or old enough for the job. It's still a bad practice and I would avoid asking as a general rule. #interviewing#jobs#employment#unemployed#boss#management
What to change? - What to change to? - How to change?
Have you ever heard of these questions? Not? Then it is time for another book on your shelf. If you know „The Phoenix Project“, you might like the format of „The goal“ from Eliyahu M. Goldratt.
It’s a super interesting novel about a plant that is in trouble and how it avoids to get closed.