Management Style (again)

Every so often it's worth revisiting styles of management and using whichever "models" are in vogue to figure out how to get along better at work.  These "models" are usually just fashionable patterns of currently popular ideas that are unscientific and frequently not repeatable.  Nonetheless, the exercise itself -- thinking about how to better work with various personalities -- is usually worthwhile.  Here is one my friend posted recently that is worth reading and considering.

Personally, I have noticed that almost no one with whom I interact cares about evidence-based science.  And I have always been frustrated when trying to introduce academic (repeatable, predictive) applications of personality research because everyone prefers the debunked, mythological 19th century crap. 

Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

I did not appreciate the deus est machina transmutation and magical capabilities of the space aliens and the ending was a little disappointing.  But overall I liked the story, 4/5 Stars.

The End of the World is just the beginning by Peter Zeihan

I really loved this book despite my disagreement with the author's doom and gloom predictions. I speculate that individuals, corporations, and nation state actors will innovate and uncover ways and means to overcome the labor, materials, and transport shortages he predicts. 5/5 Stars highly recommended.  See also this talk the author gave on 9/8/2022.

Delivering bad software faster

Outcome is more important than output.  Speed is neither true velocity, nor is it the same as agile. This fantastic medium post points out that our fixation on DORA metrics and delivering faster prevents us from delivering what our end-users want. A work colleague told me recently that shipping many features in our software that our customers don't want is wasteful and self-destructive.

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

It is odd that I never read Joe Haldeman during the science fiction golden years (when the reader is 12 - 16 years old).  This one deserves the accolades and awards. 4/5 Stars.

Weaponized by Neal Asher

This author has a bizarre obsession with vivisection and wet chemistry that runs about a hundred million times faster than what is possible in our universe.  And this bad science frequently gets in the way of good storytelling.  I enjoyed the story and characters.  3/5 Stars.

C-Suite Perspectives on Risk Management & Information Security

Phil Venables wrote a series of questions and answers from CEOs, Boards of Directors, CIOs, and a few others.  This Question / Answer approach to this series communicates the concepts clearly and deeply, as most of us need to know the answers. I recommend skimming them:

• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from CEOs and Boards of Directors
• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from CIOs and CTOs
• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from Security Teams
• Risk & Cybersecurity Questions from Governments and Regulators

The Forever Free by Joe Haldeman

The story was interesting and fun.  However, the end was quite terrible. 3/5 Stars.

Death Match by Lincoln Child

Good characters & story; great prediction of the loss of personal privacy, but a little dated and bad science, 3/5 Stars.

A Separate War & Other Stories by Joe Haldeman

I enjoyed this collection. I am catching up on Joe Haldeman books. 4/5 Stars.