Tag: management
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Pressure Good, Stress Bad
There’s a difference between pressure and stress. They often get muddled together, especially in work chats where everyone’s “under pressure” or “stressed out.” But they’re not the same thing and if accept that and accept people handle pressure in different ways, we can recognise the difference and react accordingly. Pressure is even. Stress is focused.…
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Flying Blind: Why Your Retrospectives Need a Black Box
I don’t like recommending things. Not movies. Not restaurants. Not even a decent bottle of red. Why? Because what if you don’t like it? What if you watch it, eat it, drink it and go, “Aye… that was rubbish, actually.” Then I’m the clown who mugged you off. And I’ll carry that shame for years.…