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John Cutler gave a talk earlier in the year and one of his slides stated "You can't teach principles. But you can practice and express the skills that express these principles".

I'm in two minds on this because I see a huge amount of value in teaching principles. I think it is one of the best ways that leaders can safely delegate decisions with confidence.

On the other hand, when people talk about cultural change I firmly believe that you need to change KPIs to drive the behavioural changes that you want.

We have some links this week regarding design principles. But I'd love to know your thoughts. Can you teach principles or do you focus on KPIs and skills?

This Weeks Updates

Enabling the Team

Bridging Silos And Overcoming Collaboration Antipatterns In Multidisciplinary Organisations by Emily Webber
Emily lists some common anti-patterns in organizations and shares the importance of working in multidisciplinary teams.

Designing Modern Teams by David J Bland
David discusses the characteristics of modern teams, highlighting dedication, data influence, customer focus and diversity.

Product Direction

Three "what About...?" Questions When Considering Shape Up by Ryan Singer
Ryan addresses questions about adopting Shape Up, covering roadmaps and the value of iterations in the context of project execution and strategy.

My Leaders Still Want Roadmaps With Timelines — What Should I Do? by Teresa Torres
Discover the benefits of using roadmaps to communicate without overcommitting and advises not to engage in ideological debates about deadlines.

Continuous Discovery

A Proven Method For Showing The Value Of Good UX by Jared M. Spool
Explore methods to demonstrate the value of UX by identifying frustration costs and leveraging Lean UX to drive positive results.

The Complexity Of Telling Stories In UX by Kike Peña
Although UX has a broad scope, practitioners often overlook the power of storytelling.

Continuous Design

Indeed’s Design Principles And How We Made Them by Sam Burger
Sam shares Indeed's design principles as well as the journey they went on to create them.

5 Proven Sets Of Design Principles And How I Use Them by Patrick Morgan
Tried and true guidelines for crafting high quality designs whether you’re a new designer or seasoned pro.

Continuous Delivery

We Invested 10% To Pay Back Tech Debt; Here's What Happened by Alex Ewerlöf
What are the challenges of managing technical debt in software development? Discover an initiative in which the team collaboratively tackled this problem.

LLMs Demand Observability-Driven Development by Charity Majors
LLMs produce nondeterministic results and cannot be debugged. Charity suggests observability-oriented development to improve this process.

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