This shifting through potential future unicorns business is not as easy as I had anticipated, y’all! For those of you who haven’t yet seen it, last week I launched a Unicorn search of sorts in that I am trying to find the best candidates for the success stories in my next book whom I will kit...
(This article is published on both Newsletters, apologies for the repetition if you’re subscribed to both!) An exciting announcement on my part: Having wrapped up my “Tech-Led Culture” book, I’m looking for 1-2 companies (start-ups or scale-ups) that I can make into a massive success story by...
Today’s article was going to be about the term “DevOps Culture” as it intrigues me both in terminology, definition and (feeble and spotty) execution. But that article will have to wait and instead, I will possibly annoy some of my both-newsletters-subscribers. As I said before, the intersection...
One of my many pet peeves is being a victim. I stay away from telling my life story as it sounds like it’s made up to be laced with these many horrific moments and hardships at every corner. I try not to delve into that part, nor on being a woman, an immigrant, neuro-divergent or the mother of a...
Before anything other, I've given in and joined Substack. You can find me and a bunch of exclusive videos and writings at duena.substack.com and this article has its juicy bits continued on there if you care to have more behind-the-scenes-meat on the DevOps goss bone. I was (virtually) shown...
Let’s talk about work/life and the so-called “balance”. I wrote about this in my last book “People Before Tech” and I am exploring the many possible models that are being trialled in an effort to avoid WFAA in my upcoming “Tech-Led Culture” one as well of course. That said, let me tell you what...
Mass layoffs, political instability, dread about what hybrid will be on offer, burnout and post-pandemic stress disorder. Leadership that’s unfit for the new job. Confusion. Everyone’s mental health is suffering. Job satisfaction and experience long forgotten as topics. All this is too true to...
The traditional command-and-control approach to leadership, which emphasises strict hierarchies and a focus on maximising productivity above all else with little if any regard for the wellbeing of the teams that are intrinsic to achieving any performance, has been the norm in many organisations...
Have you ever heard of John Gottman, the Gottman institute or their ideas around conflict resolution and marriage success predicting factors? Probably not as let’s be honest, not many of us are big on self-improvement, bettering relationships and in general personal Human Work just as not many...
First off an apology to all the tops/ranks/awards that have included me on their "International Women's Day" top technologists today - I've decided I won't reshare those because while it's nice to be included, women-only lists are one of the ills we must overcome. I'll always welcome, repost and...
Yesterday’s article with its 4 simple points was seen as a gross oversimplification by some people. I would wager those people need the ambiguity that comes from the pump and circumstance of strict frameworks with big consultancy deck flavours of wooden language and in-actionable academic...
