Terry Brown (he/him)

@t_blom The political air cover would indeed need to be huge. Having worked on huge enterprise, where policy and process are introduced routinely to reduce risk, and innovation was only allowable within a small set of rigid criteria, I’d love to see it, but buy in would need to be huge

I feel like with a small team and 2-3 years, proven tech founders could automate huge chunks of the government. I would sign up for a tour of duty (in the UK). It would need a lot of political aircover - I have no desire to fight a massive bureaucracy 🤷‍♂️

@unclebobmartin Having been in a clojure house, with people who'd been working it professionally for years (I learned it as a manager to better support/understand the teams), I routinely found it slower and more error prone than any other environment I've worked in. The local DX was terrible.

You _know_ you're going to have to learn Clojure, don't you? It's inevitable. So you might as well get started now. Here are two resources that will help you. They're both easy, and fun. For those who like to read: cleancoder.com/a-little-cloju… And for those who like to watch: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

It's no secret there's a growing crisis within engineering management. Our standards for managers have skyrocketed, which is good, but our expectations may verge on the impossible. (Create emotional safety, ✅ Provide emotional support and stability through a global pandemic,❌)

Huzzah!! As requested by many, many people, the recording of my #fintechdevcon talk ("Compliance & Regulatory Standards Are NOT Incompatible With Modern Development Best Practices") is now online!! 😍 fintechdevcon.io/videos/?utm_so… (page down, it's the first talk after "Keynotes")

@skytv don't think I've ever found signing up to give a company harder! Setting up Sky Stream, and failed multiple times. Tried registering a sky.com account in the hopes of bypassing, and got a DNS error. 'Help' on the website is not useful :(

I have been thinking a lot about why we go into management roles, and how that informs our blind spots once we do. 🤔 I'm curious; which, if any, of these most closely resembles your primary motivation for becoming a manager. (None are inherently "better" reasons, IMO)

@mipsytipsy Not directly covered, but phases for me: - I didn’t want to (pushed) - seeing as I’m doing it I might as well get paid (the early years) - I’m enjoying helping (later years) I think a desire to work with, and help the humans around us is important to good management?

My new book, #RightKindOfWrong: The Science of #FailingWell, comes out September 12. Enter this @goodreads #giveaway for a chance to get your copy for free! 📘bit.ly/3LEUf7T #IntelligentFailure

@JonMcNestrie @Garmin @Strava @SpotifyUK @Apple I’m loving the Apple Watch ultra. I found the standard frustrated me with battery life, but the ultra has been a dream

@engineering_bae There are days where it feels worthless, and I love those. Most days are incredibly hard, reactive while planning, and thinking on my feet. I still love those days, but they can be exhausting. So much harder than my IC career, but I wouldn’t change it

We care about our patients and the small thinks make a difference that we all take for granted like having lunch in the fresh air Beren is amazing and doccla will monitor her results to aid recovery ♥️@MichelleFlint99 @DocclaUK

Hey #PsychologicalSafety community I am pulling together a visual timeline of psych safety Have I missed anything? @tom_geraghty @AmyCEdmondson @WorkFearlessly

We can learn a lot from North East & North Cumbria integrated care system @NENC_NHS & their approach to improvement. Their goal isn't to "be the best" but to "be the best at getting better". This helps create a shared mission to build capability for change & to always keep improving. Graphic by @quotedvisually. Inspiration from @samanthallen & @annielaverty.

Superb!

I've been studying teams for nearly a year - reading research, books, speaking to leaders and trying things out with my own teams. Here are 10 key features of high-performing teams:

Empathy is the heartbeat of leadership. Seven ways to practice it: 1) Show genuine care & concern 2) Be present 3) Ask questions 4) Listen to understand 5) Be curious, not judgemental 6) Connect through emotion 7) Act with compassion Thank you @DannyLangloss @Brilliant_Teams

These are a must read! The latest contains lots of useful information including links to some terrific videos made by virtual ward sites across the country. Pithy & a great resource - open to all - do sign up now if you are part of the #DigitalHomeCare and #VirtualWards movement.

Because monoliths are still cool…

I will definitely start giving talks about @thesysteminit later this year when we open source it! :)