Avoiding Death by a 1,000 Cuts – Lessons from Scaling Twitter Engineering
The exponential growth of organizational drag can sometimes mean that further staffing will create problems at a greater rate than it solves them.
Why Hiring More Is Slowing You Down – Lessons from Early Days at Facebook
Those days were marked by a style summarized by the company’s notorious compass: Move Fast and Break Things. This approach worked… until it didn’t.
Peer Learning Framework Step 6: Rinse & Repeat
As you scale up your learning program, you’ll run into issues. These are good problems to have. Here, we’ve outlined a few helpful cases to keep in mind.
Peer Learning Framework Step 5: Measure
By now you have a rich calendar of learning events. Training is happening. How do you know if it’s working?
Peer Learning Framework Step 4: Promote
How best to promote internal courses and learning events that help unblock your people.
Peer Learning Framework Step 3: Show & Tell
There are pain points in your organization. And there are people who can share best practices that would help others. These people are your heroes.
Peer Learning Framework Step 2: Creating Heroes
Experts are rarely acknowledged. This is a mistake. Here’s how to celebrate them and promote their invaluable know-how.
Peer Learning Framework Step 1: Uncover the Pain
Internal systems are aren’t always clear. That tool or process lacks easy-to-find documentation. So, how do you uncover these pain points?
Peer Learning Framework: Overview
Peer Learning Framework is the best practices to create a culture of learning in your organization. This framework came out of building Twitter University.
How Shopify Empowers Globally Distributed Employee Communities
Since Shopify went 100% remote, their Latinx ERG at Shopify created a vibrant globally-distributed virtual community to help support and engage employees.