Reading List Week 16, 2025

This is a list of things I’ve read in the last week, related to work, that caught my attention.

• Long-distance leadership: letting go and leaning in Sort and simple. Set expectations, tell people what you need or expect and when, support and coach along the way, but let them figure out how to get there.
• Mistakes you shouldn’t let your reports make. This one is nuanced and multi-layered. Sometimes you have to actually let people make mistakes. It is the only way to learn. How big would those mistakes be? That’s where things get interesting
• Every Caching Strategy Explained in 5 Minutes Because, well, preparation for job interviews.
• The Subjective Charms of Objective-C I loved this language, I don’t think I’m nostalgic though.
• http://www.fightforthehuman.com/why-i-cannot-be-technical/
• 7 Phrases I use to make giving feedback easier for myself Words are powerful, and the choice of words can make any conversation harder than it should, both for the one speaking and for the one listening.
• Twenty Tiny Leadership Lessons This, in particular, resonated: Most leadership learning is experiential. We observe, learn, and emulate from others, often subconsciously
• Tech hiring: is this an inflection point? Because I’m deeply involved in hiring right now, this time as a candidate.
• Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence? Betteridge’s Law of Headlines says the answer to this question is No, however, this being The Guardian, expect a very nuanced discussion.