A presentation I gave at CipherHealth in 2018, about fulfillment in the workspace, and how to foster collaborative environments where a team can contribute its very best, while feeling safe, happy, and motivated.
sense of fulfillment that results from meaningful work ▸ Allows each one of us to contribute our best to the team ▸ Fostered by a work culture that enables and inspires us to participate and take the company’s vision even further
Our values – those we state with words and those we exhibit through our actions ▸ Our mission & vision – the goal we’re driving toward and the force behind that goal ▸ Our hiring, firing, and reward criteria – the reasons we bring people onto the team, the reasons we let them go, and the reasons we reward them
secure and capable of change ▸ Free to focus on team goals rather than self-protection ▸ Confidence that others will respond positively to questions, concerns, feedback, admitting a mistake, and ideas
The foundation of well-being, happiness, and ongoing success ▸ Feeling our work matters and is aligned with our personal values ▸ Able to see the impact of our work and find meaning in what we do ▸ We are at our best when motivated
The sense that our future can improve if we just understand our needs better and create a plan for ourselves. ▸ Thinking about our goals makes it easier to go after them ▸ Achieving our goals and self-improvement help us to remain driven ▸ Turn your opinions into actions ▸ Keep your eyes open, seize the opportunities around you
Meaningful relationships make work more enjoyable ▸ You are not alone, reach out when you need to ▸ Assume others have the best intention ▸ Offer to help your teammates
Encouraging people to ask for help ▸ Allowing people to take risks, mistakes are not held against ▸ Enabling team members to bring up problems, concerns, and tough issues ▸ Addressing disrespectful behavior rapidly and consistently – no matter who
with being candid ▸ Increases the impact you have, it scales better ▸ Makes it easier for people to reach out for help ▸ Mistakes will be made, no finger-pointing ▸ Bring the best out of your teammates, be encouraging
ask ▸ Don’t be shallow, take the time to review ▸ Big disagreements are better solved on Slack ▸ Never take it personal, we share the same goal ▸ Reviewing takes effort, respect everyone's time
we trust each other: ▸ As a reviewer, you don’t have to speak strongly to know your message will be heard ▸ As a pull request author, every comment is worthy of investigation and review
history of the project ▸ Serve as the documentation of the work being done ▸ Primary mean to communicate our work to the team ▸ Also an excellent mean to learn, teach, and improve
description wastes everyone’s time ▸ Use the template, Luke ▸ Don’t make your teammates do the work, help them understand why, what, and how. ▸ Ask yourself, I visited this pull request next year, would I be able to understand why I did it? ▸ Describe the root cause, and why it’s fixed
corners, go the extra mile ▸ Quality is vital, a good pull request serves as a hub for: ▸ Communication ▸ Documentation ▸ Knowledge Exchange ▸ History Tracking
thing you wrote about enjoying work? ▸ Use a few words to share it with a teammate sitting nearby ▸ Find the root cause, why was it joyful? ▸ As a team, let’s pull together a summary of stories
thing you wrote about being frustrated? ▸ Use a few words to share it with a teammate sitting nearby ▸ Find the root cause, why was it frustrating? ▸ As a team, let’s pull together some stories (no finger-pointing or naming names) ▸ Find possible solutions
TOY WITH NEW CONCEPTS. ENJOY WHAT YOU DO AND BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF. GENTLENESS AND KINDNESS ARE STRENGTHS! TAKE PRIDE IN SHOWING THEM. THE JOY OF GOOD WORK Code & Coffee Manifesto
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