What's my job again? Developing self-management
summary
Three clear, actionable claims guide tonight’s choice: define a proximate strategy and treat it as a hypothesis, run technical work in three phases — assess D risk, core implementation, then enablement — and stop being “useful” by filling holes instead of creating systems. Leadership range maps to six deployable styles from Daniel Goleman, energy management matters more than time management, and a “Dave” thought experiment forces delegation. The concrete ask is: learn one strategic move, recruit one supporter, and schedule one resilience practice.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:47Our job is hard
- 1:28Raccoon subculture
- 2:18Toronto raccoon subculture
- 2:47Raccoons are resilient
- 3:23Lessons from Toronto raccoons
- 3:50Getting strategic
- 4:24A good strategy
- 5:25The fourlegged stool
- 6:51Strategy
- 7:53Technical strategy
- 8:42Team strategy
- 9:33Build your squad
- 9:57Your inner squad
- 11:52Feedback support direction practical help
- 12:20Make your friend
- 14:21Questions
- 14:52Learning curve
- 15:24Being useful
- 17:40Being more like Dave
- 20:02Three part challenge
- 20:53Conclusion
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