Go slower to go faster.

Dear Fediverse, I am about to step up into my first role as a tech lead (*context in follow-up post) and would like to ask some questions to help me prepare & improve:

Groups:

• Technical: Devs, DevOps, Infra
• Product: Marketing, UX/Design, etc
• Business: HR, management C-roles.

Questions:

1. What are your initial thoughts when you hear you'll be getting a new tech lead?
2. What are your hopes & expectations for them?
3. What are your concerns when a new "tech lead" is hired?
4. What changes do you hope for, or expect?

Please add your colour to your reply & poll.

Lastly, if you have other advice for someone who wishes to be the best possible tech lead of their teams.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has never managed anything larger than an MP’s office. He has no experience of the harsh economic realities that ordinary Canadians now face. He is also conflicted as nearly 40 per cent of his base were Trumpians. It is revealing that his party has never featured him as an outstanding leader.
#Canada #Cdnpoli #leadership #politics #elections #fascism
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/justin-trudeau-is-out-time-for-an-economic-wartime-leader/article_769cfe0c-fdb6-11ef-a8fa-2b47b15fef30.html

These changes to the national agenda have also altered voters’ views of the leadership qualities required to meet these challenges. Experience, strength, decisiveness and the ability to solve problems now take precedence over combativeness, populism, rhetoric and the ability to define problems.
#Canada #Cdnpoli #leadership #politics #LPC #CPC #fascism
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/allan-gregg-poilievre-and-carney-have-been-dealt-new-hands-heres-how-they-should-play/article_17e92c7a-fe95-11ef-88b9-97666cc62415.html

Redefining Work in a Hybrid Society – Technology, #Leadership, and the Future of Employment

The way we work is changing—fast. Traditional employment models are being challenged by fractional leadership, the gig #economy, and the rise of remote-first collaboration. But is this shift making work better, or just more fragmented?

In this latest episode of Redefining Society & Technology on ITSPmagazine, I sat down with Sara Daw, author of "Strategy and Leadership as a Service" to talk about how technology is reshaping the workforce.

We dive into:

The rise of fractional C-suite roles and why executives are choosing autonomy over full-time positions
How companies are shifting from payroll to access-based #employment
The role of psychological ownership in a world where contracts no longer define commitment
What this means for future generations, as they enter the workforce with an entirely different mindset

Technology enables this shift, but the real question is: Are we using it to empower people—or just creating a new kind of instability?

Teaser: https://youtu.be/8FGKB4kfCGQ
Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/fVAjiD85sYM
Listen to the full conversation: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/redefining-work-in-a-hybrid-society-technology-leadership-and-the-future-of-employment-guest-sara-daw-redefining-society-and-technology-podcast-with-marco-ciappelli

Sunscribe? Share?

What do you think?
Are we heading toward a more flexible and fulfilling work model, or is something getting lost in the transition? Let’s discuss.

#FutureOfWork #Technology #Society #GigEconomy #Leadership #RemoteWork #DigitalTransformation #ai #socialmedia #tech #future #HR

Sean Martin

Leaders succeed only when they embody and express, for better or worse, values rooted in the social character of group, class, or nation.
-- Michael Maccoby

#Wisdom #Quotes #MichaelMaccoby #Leadership

#Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Sunset #NewMexico

"We must evaluate leaders, not only on their stated goals, but on which type of leadership they offer. Their goals may be admirable, but how they pursue those goals may be tyranny. All modern totalitarian systems have a Great Leader who claims to represent the best interests of the people but who is merely a dictator. Truly great political leaders do not follow that path."

From: The Chasm, pg. 38
by G. Edward Griffin

This week, my blog looks back in anger at the giddy and stupid time of the Dot.com bubble and how the current AI bubble is similar.

https://www.edyouragilecoach.com/lessons-from-the-giddy-and-stupid-days-of-the-dot-com-crash/

Flashback to Pets.com and the party, which came to a screeching halt twenty-five years ago.

#leadership #agile #history #GhostGang

@albertocblanco

"Lost trust? A lost future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Let's talk about trust - or rather, the lack of it.

Somewhere along the way, I came across the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 - it's worth a look.

The fact is, it's a pretty depressing read! They call it a crisis of grievance. As I've been saying - that tracks.

What are the findings? 3 key facts.

Fact 1: Majority hold grievances against government, business, and the rich
Sixty-one percent globally have a moderate or high sense of grievance, which is defined by a belief that government and business make their lives harder and serve narrow interests, and wealthy people benefit unfairly from the system.

Fact 2: Widespread grievance is eroding trust across the board
Those with a high sense of grievance distrust all four institutions (business, government, media, and NGOs).

Fact 3: Hostile activism is seen as a legitimate tool to drive change
To bring about change, 4 in 10 would approve of one or more of the following forms of hostile activism: attacking people online, intentionally spreading disinformation, threatening or committing violence, damaging public or private property. This sentiment is most prevalent among respondents ages 18-34 (53 percent approve of at least one).

The report makes plain that over a decade of crises have helped to fuel this crisis of grievance.

So where does it leave us? We are witnessing nothing short of a societal transformation – one driven by a profound crisis of grievance that threatens to reshape our institutions, our economy, and our very future! And we all know we are living through this in real-time, since we know that a mindset of grievance is driving a lot of the change swirling around us right now.

What can we conclude? Several things. Keep reading!

**#Trust** **#Grievance** **#Inequality** **#Activism** **#Future** **#Leadership** **#Change** **#Economy** **#Institutions** **#Transformation**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-inspiration-the-acceleration-of-grievance-lost-trust-a-lost-future/

Liberal Party choosing new leader to succeed Trudeau

#politics #election #leadership #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/livestory/liberal-leadership-race-party-choosing-new-leader-to-succeed-trudeau-9.6678061?cmp=rss

In the latest episode of our podcast, Harry and I discuss strategic prioritization. Day-to-day actions must serve higher-level goals. Both need prioritizing. In this conversation, we explore the relationship between both levels of priorities. Check it out.

https://www.tractionheroes.com/2439976/episodes/16755837-strategic-priorities

#standupforscience #leadership #tuskShutdown

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2025/03/08/four-leadership-lessons-from-the-stand-up-for-science-rallies/

Here’s what brewed up on this weeks 'espresso shots’: experimenting with infinity bottles to controlling Taylor Swift Eras tour concert wristbands, a talk on harnessing anxiety and strategies for overcoming motivation slumps. #storytelling #leadership

https://makoism.com/espresso-shots-3-9-25/

#InternationalWomensDay

"How can we create a safe world for women? #InternationalWomensDay #Education #Leadership" [ ± 1min]
by OneYoungWorld

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DSv9nRYJHYc

Quote by OYW:
"Mar 8, 2025
An investigation by UN Women found that 97% of women aged 18-24 have been sexually harassed at least once in their life. Our Ambassador, Chanel Contos, is on a mission to prevent normalised sexual violence, advocating for the criminalisation of stealthing, and promoting youth involvement in policymaking in Australia. She led the "Teach Us Consent" campaign, which has collected 6,600 testimonies and garnered 50,000 signatures, resulting in a nationwide mandate for consent education in Australia."

This is not a popular opinion, but I have come to believe that social movements do not ultimately bring systematic change. Not be a contrarian, but I think it takes the right individual that sparks the final measure that brings about real, fundamental change. Let me give some examples.

Martin Luther King, Jr. I know he didn't do it on his own, but he was a singular force, and that is authentic.

From fiction:

Gabriel Bell from the famous Star Trek: DS9 two-parter, "Past Tense" and the Bell Riots. Yes, he also very much did not do it on his own, but he was a force to be reckoned with.

John Sheridan from Babylon 5. He also did not do it on his own, he had both an immediate crew and an extended crew, but he was hands on and even died only to come back and finish the job. He ultimately made the decisions that changed history.

I know how generic I sound. I know I seem like I lack faith in the collective. Well, having lived with severe disability for 27 years, yes, I do lack faith in people at large. I know what you are willing to do to me when no one else is watching. I know it takes a single soul, the right person who possesses the qualities that the collective claims to be in favor of, but they are never actually capable of those moral values, not personally, they are not. It will take one leader to bring change. The group cannot do it.

"Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End)"—Daily Stoic >

https://youtu.be/XZ4gbvjdIao?feature=shared

https://www.europesays.com/1897994/ Four Leadership Lessons From The Stand Up For Science Rallies #activism #america #LEADERSHIP #LeadershipLessons #protests #rally #science #ScienceFunding #ScienceNotSilence #ScientificResearch #StandUpForScience #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA