Graham Langdon

UX lead at allstacks, husband, father, son, brother, designer, learner, teacher, lover of craftsmanship, lover of beauty, disciple of jesus

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@WhatsNewSeth “project managers are glorified overhead. your tech lead will do all that managy stuff on your project just fine”

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I always surprise myself with little victories in the week I had already forgotten, and I always surprise myself by actually starting something I was putting off after the exercise.

Maybe a weekly half hour of reflection like this could help you!

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At the end of every week, I divide the next page of my notebook into quadrants and personally retrospect: 1) What went well 2) What didn’t go well 3) What I accomplished 4) What I intended to do but let slip

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Under what I accomplished, I identify a couple things to build upon to keep the momentum going this week. Under what slipped, I identify a couple things to start this week (knowing that starting is 90% of the battle)

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This week a coworker said that since their childhood they haven’t laughed so hard as they have since joining our team. I can’t stop smiling about it. Work should be a delight!

[Suderman @petersuderman]

Trump didn't do the thing he's accused of doing, but if he did it was fine, and in fact that's exactly what he did, get over it, because it's not only fine, it's precisely what we want from a president, and can you believe that Biden did the same thing, shame on him.

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A few months ago, I started reaching out to friends/colleagues I hadn’t seen in a while and inviting them out to lunch/coffee. I try to meet with one a week. It’s been incredible. If you start one new habit this year, make it this one.

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Making prototypes is easy. Getting excited reactions to pretty mockups is easy. Getting real value into customers hands isn’t easy. Designers need to be champions of dev traction if they want to stay relevant after they’ve built a backlog of pretty concepts

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As a designer/maker, if you have to carefully track billable hours through the day, your whole brain can never get fully engaged on designing/making. Some fraction will always be minding the clock, and you’ll never do your best work. Dont handicap your craft.

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[Jeff Gothelf @jboogie]

True agility comes from empowering your teams to make decisions. This boils down to trust. Does leadership trust the teams to make decisions?

As a leader struggling with team trust, ask yourself "How long will I have to live with that decision?"

1 week? 2? Trust your teams.

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And suddenly there were hundreds of shining beings in Walmart praising God saying “how awesome are you, God, for revealing your love for humanity in this way! How the world and the people in it have longed for this day!”

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Luke 2, adapted to have it's 1st century impact:
Walmart employees were stocking shelves at 2am, when suddenly reality ripped apart & a shining divine messenger appeared saying: “Don’t freak out! God’s chosen you to be the first to hear the news that will rock the whole world!

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"At this very moment, the legendary promised one who will rescue the world has been born! Go find him! You’ll know it’s him because he’ll be in a parking deck stairwell, wrapped up in a hoodie, on a pile of newspapers.”

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Long ago, news came to night-shift shepherds, an obscure girl named Mary, & foreign astrologers, announcing a king who will finally bring peace to earth. He will lift up the poor & obscure & bring down the arrogant. Let us seek to be his subjects, bringers of peace. Merry Xmas!

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If you can count on one hand the number of times leadership has praised or thanked you in front of the team this quarter, get out. Leadership is either too negative or too stressed to praise, or they’re unconcerned with discovering what makes you thrive.

[Brandon ✌︎('ω')✌︎ @BrandonMathis]

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@WhatsNewSaes Great managers read “first break all the rules”. They discover what their team members are passionate about and empower them to do more of that and reduce anything that gets in the way. They also read “the coaching habit” and learn how to truly listen

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@WhatsNewSaes Will you be managing an existing team, a new team picked for you, or a team you pick?