{"id":1705,"date":"2017-12-07T02:11:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T02:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowyourteam.com\/blog\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2019-02-01T19:08:19","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T19:08:19","slug":"newsletter-issue-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canopy.is\/blog\/2017\/12\/07\/newsletter-issue-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every few weeks we send a newsletter to our subscribers with the new content we have written, new episodes of our podcast, and other interesting links we\u2019ve found on the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourteam.com\/blog\/newsletter\">Subscribe to our Newsletter here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a-chat-with-patrick-collison\">From The Heartbeat Podcast: Interview with Michael Lopp, VP Engineering at Slack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rands\">Michael Lopp<\/a>&nbsp;has spent his career managing engineering teams at Apple, Palantir, and Pinterest. Today, he serves as the VP of Engineering of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/slack.com\/\">Slack<\/a>, and has published books on leading technical teams (his pen name is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/randsinrepose.com\/\">Rands<\/a>). In this 14 min. interview we talk about why being busy is a bad thing, and how to delegate well as a leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0pf7P4hB3_U\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.knowyourcompany.com\/watch-the-heartbeat-interview-%EF%B8%8Fwith-michael-lopp-vp-engineering-at-slack-with-transcript-a23da4cfb49d\">Transcript of the interview is here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"latest-reads\">Latest reads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2017\/12\/how-to-control-your-emotions-during-a-difficult-conversation\">How to Control Your Emotions During a Difficult Conversation<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cSitting still when you\u2019re having a difficult conversation can make the emotions build up rather than dissipate.\u201dWritten by Amy Gallo, Contributing Editor at Harvard Business Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/randsinrepose.com\/archives\/meritocracy-trailing-indicator\/\">A Meritocracy is a Trailing Indicator<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cFirst off, being a meritocracy is a philosophy, it\u2019s not a strategy.\u201dWritten by our Heartbeat Interview guest, Michael Lopp (better known as Rands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/leading-design\/chemistry-not-culture-b047bb84a0e0\">Chemistry, not Culture<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cCulture suggests amalgamation and assimilation of similar things that begin similar or evolve to become similar.\u201dWritten by Cameron Moll, Product Design Manager at Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hackernoon.com\/stop-obsessing-over-the-teams-454fae465d63\">Stop Obsessing Over \u201cThe Teams\u201d<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cIn this post I\u2019m going to argue that we shouldn\u2019t focus on \u2018The Teams\u2019, until the conditions for effective teams are in place.\u201dWritten by John Cutler, Hackernoon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"favorite-reads\">Favorite reads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkgrowth.org\/the-best-leadership-advice-i-ever-got-7a2b64d8eb27\">The Best Leadership Advice I Ever Got<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cLeadership isn\u2019t about what you can do in front of the room.\u201dWritten by Mike Troiano, Partner at G20 Ventures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategy-business.com\/feature\/10-Principles-of-Organizational-Culture\">10 Principles of Organizational Culture<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cThe name of the game is making use of what you cannot change by using some of the emotional forces within your current culture differently.\u201dWritten by Jon Katzenbach, Carolin Oelschlegel, and James Thomas, strategy + business<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/firstround.com\/review\/how-facebooks-vp-of-product-finds-focus-and-creates-conditions-for-intentional-work\/\">How Facebook\u2019s VP of Product Finds Focus and Creates Conditions for Intentional Work<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cMy calendar is my most powerful tool for enforcing my prioritization.\u201dWritten by First Round Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/business-functions\/strategy-and-corporate-finance\/our-insights\/creating-an-innovation-culture\">Creating an innovation culture<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cInnovative cultures start with a philosophy and a tone\u2014one analogous to the classic parenting advice that children need both \u2018roots and wings\u2019.\u201dWritten by Dr. Waguih Ishak, McKinsey Quarterly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-mission\/10-things-that-immediately-happen-when-real-leadership-shows-up-c16658c1a21\">10 Things that Immediately Happen when Real Leadership Shows Up<\/a><\/strong><br>\u201cLeadership is what determines how successful you and those around you are. 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