Dave Evans

@oloal Which book is this thanks Alex

Adyashanti, once again, not fucking around

@FU_joehudson I relate to the post but the image feels off. Truth doesn't need to be unkind, it could just be read as simply "truth". I know this is not your image, so I'm more interested in your reflection on how you would phrase it on the image.

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” gets quoted endlessly, but almost no one defines what culture is or how to measure it. The 3 questions I use to see how functional a team is: 1. How quickly does a hard conversation happen? 2. How quickly does that conversation become productive? 3. How empowered do people feel?

@evanlapointe Will it be applicable for non line manager situations? E.g. A team member on a team you lead but not manage?

@Dave_Ev Going to be at 1pm eastern, so a tiny late for you but maybe it works? It'll also be recorded.

@allenholub Do you think it's any different in scenarios where the build scope is clear and relatively fixed. The delays more come from complexity of requirements and not accounting for everything rather than having to adapt to what the user wants.

The related notions of "behind schedule" and "scope creep" are fundamentally wrongheaded. It's 50-year-old thinking that many of us have abandoned because it doesn't work. "Behind" implies an accurate estimate of a large, detailed specification. That is, you can't be "behind" unless you have a fixed "done" date. Similarly, "scope creep" implies that we can accurately predict exactly what needs to be built. (Sometimes that's true, but not often.) The problems with this approach are legion, of course. Our specifications (and thus, plans) are always wrong because nobody knows what they actually want until they get something in their hands. "Scope creep" implies that we won't learn anything as we work, that we'd rather be done 'on time' than implement the changes necessary to build something our customers actually need. There's a fundamental contempt for the customer built into that attitude. It also implies that the world will not change while we're working. Finally, both assumptions imply that product development is ever done. It's not. This approach has rarely, if ever, been effective. It's better to first identify just enough to get started. Build that, get feedback, and adjust. We discover what to do next by doing the current thing. There are strategic goals, but decisions about what to build are ongoing. Given that we're releasing every day (or more often), it's not possible to be "behind schedule." With that thinking comes major changes in things like budgeting. For example, we need to fund the teams, then dynamically allocate the teams to the work as needed, as compared to "project" thinking, where we budget the project, not the teams. Of course, I say the above knowing that many will respond that the "real world" doesn't work that way. Many of those comments will come with a certain fatalism that arises from knowing that the "real world" systems don't work, but that individual engineers have no power to change things. Some of that fatalism is justified (large corporations won't adapt), but not all of it (an agency can sell a different way of working as part of the client-acquisition process rather than letting the client dictate how the agency must work). However, if it's possible to improve the way you work, it's worth the effort.

@evanlapointe True, perhaps more about its personality - don't try to give balanced answers etc. it would be equally brilliant and hilarious.

@Dave_Ev No training needed. The LLMs are already more capable of telling truth from bro/tribe nonsense than 95% of people posting here.

I'm thinking it would be fun to create a twitter competitor where AI flags every post as correct or not.

@evanlapointe What are your thoughts on connecting this with Shoshin, beginners mind in Zen? It feels like a third layer outside of type 1 and 2. Or perhaps a deeper layer of our smart mind

Don't let your brain, or anyone else's, believe that the raw, unprocessed reactions of a hungry, horny, worrying, memory recalling, disgust sensing, excited system are more genuine and authentic than the considered response that comes next. The smart you is the real you.

"Be your authentic self" is a purely irrational idea. If you've ever apologized for your behavior before, or ever failed, you can feel how true this is. What we want to be is our most intelligent selves. Deeper explanation in the replies.

@evanlapointe Love love love this. Move fast and post-hoc rationalize survivorship bias. Move fast and rationalize experiments that don't really matter because of your core moat. Move fast with taste and grace.....now we're talking

“Move fast and break things” is just a more palatable way of saying “harm people and rationalize it.”

@evanlapointe I like this... It's not minimal viable form widget. What makes a product and product?

It is very important for the team to understand the most important letters in MVP and PMF. Surprising how many issues come from simply focusing on the wrong letter.

@lazycuttlefish @michaeldweiss Perhaps the writing was always on the wall, but I firmly believe the EU is a force for good and it would benefit Europe and the UK to be connected in a more formal way, especially to support liberal democracy and an allied defence strategy.

@lazycuttlefish @michaeldweiss To be clear, I'm pro EU, but believe there is a balanced perspective on this. But as Michael said, the EU is a block not a sovereign nation unlike the examples you cite. Flex: Differentiated integration is a core concept in the EU. Denmark has many carve outs too.

"It's time to ditch the EU," says a sitting U.S. Congresswoman, in a comment about respecting other nations' sovereignty, unaware that the EU is a voluntary bloc which nations opt to join and even opt to leave.

@michaeldweiss / The EU is not without blame for Brexit. Clearly the answer is not to abolish the EU however, but to explore how to evolve it. The proposals to develop a sub group for fast track decisions that only impact those members for example. The EU should be an historic force for good.

Trump’s ICE are killing Americans in the streets in the broad daylight. Watch the whole video. Share it. They will try to silence it and alter the narrative. This is fascism.

@VaughnHillyard So... What if a local Gazan wanted to .. you know ... Take their family to the beach?

Jared Kushner presenting this morning at the “Board of Peace” ceremony their mock ups of “New Gaza” & “New Rafah.”

@ZarinaZabrisky Thank you. Please send links to any recommended organisations I can donate to or promote.

@Dave_Ev Thank you! Raising awareness of Kherson and human safari would really help. And many people and places here desperately need help. I can send you the volunteers’ org; they fix windows after attacks and they don’t have money to buy materials… it is freezing here.

🔴 Kherson today: 07:00 cluster munition 09:20 artillery 10:00 artillery 12:00 artillery 15:00 artillery 16:05 MLRS strike 16:50 barrel artillery 18:10 artillery 18:30 a Russian drone killed a man 19:40 artillery 19:50 artillery 20.15 - this very moment, artillery

@mblair @andysignore This is good analysis thank you. I think. This incident is going to be a case study for political science and psychology for decades. One life has ended, one will permanently change due to actions likely made on a pre conscious level.

While the video was well put together, it should have highlighted the moment that she seemed to rev the car and her wheels slipped on the ice. That appears to lead to the decision to draw. The shot itself is naturally going to lag the decision to shoot, and so you need to look at the officer/car position a bit before it is fired. It seems to me at that point, he is at risk of being hit. Also, the officer would be unable to judge the direction of the turn, as he is both trying to shoot and get out of the way. As for the driver, I doubt she saw him at all, as her attention would have been on the officers to the side. These views that we have tell little about how both parties would have actually experienced the situation, amidst shouting and other chaos, limited attention, obstructions, and an extremely short timeframe.

This is the most neutral summary I’ve seen of the Minnesota murder by ICE. It has ALL angles, it syncs them together, and shows the lead up and aftermath… if you watch this all and still think those shots were justified - you just might be a psychopath.

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