Everything is awesome: the Lego approach to being an awesome coworker
summary
Tech workplace is broken by cultures that reward conformity and alfa behavior — example: a 2,000-developer firm, a 30-person startup, and a boss who triggered resignations after code-of-conduct abuse. Concrete fixes: assign an onboarding buddy, share slides and data before meetings, mute notifications and close browsers during discussions, enforce meeting ground rules and invite interns or sales to brainstorm. Use people-first language, stop gendered terms and mental-health metaphors, sponsor underrepresented colleagues publicly. Data points cited: 35% always get to contribute in meetings and women are interrupted about three times more.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Start
- 25:25create a more inclusive and welcoming environment
- 27:43start out with reaching out to new colleagues
- 29:38take an interest in their personal life
- 30:06join your team
- 34:08make up a few acronyms and contractions
- 40:08turn off your notifications for your email
- 44:53facilitator of a meeting
- 45:31working with video conferencing software
- 48:10take people out of comfort zones
- 48:47suggest the feedback round at the end of meeting
- 49:09set the tone
- 51:25stop with smen splaining and interrupting
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