3 reasons why your team needs a sumo wrestler And a few why you maybe don’t… 1. Sumo wrestlers are humble Nothing makes you more humble than getting a good beating by a half-naked wrestler in a clay ring. I had my fair share of defeats during my time in the sumo house. But with defeat comes humility. And in that humility, I found growth. It wasn’t just about accepting that some are stronger than me (ok fine, everyone in the house was)....
3 reasons why your team needs a sumo wrestler And a few why you maybe don’t… 1. Sumo wrestlers are humble Nothing makes you more humble than getting a good beating by a half-naked wrestler in a clay ring. I had my fair share of defeats during my time in the sumo house. But with defeat comes humility. And in that humility, I found growth. It wasn’t just about accepting that some are stronger than me (ok fine, everyone in the house was)....
3 semi-useful tips on office ‘conversation pieces’ Foster good communication Tip 1: Choose your piece Let me be clear:don’tbring an erotic centerpiece to your next team meeting. But what you can do is think about the general concept of having a conversation piece to enable great conversations. I love the story of the founder of Palm when the company was first starting out. He chose what sparked conversations by actually fashioning a Palmpilot prototype out of wood, drawing a screen and buttons on it with a pencil — and then he carried it around the office and pretended it worked....
3 semi-useful tips on office ‘conversation pieces’ Foster good communication Tip 1: Choose your piece Let me be clear:don’tbring an erotic centerpiece to your next team meeting. But what you can do is think about the general concept of having a conversation piece to enable great conversations. I love the story of the founder of Palm when the company was first starting out. He chose what sparked conversations by actually fashioning a Palmpilot prototype out of wood, drawing a screen and buttons on it with a pencil — and then he carried it around the office and pretended it worked....
3 signs analytics engineering is the job for you The best of both worlds You like to be involved in both engineering and business strategy As a data engineer, I worked with business teams every day but I never got the chance to make actual business decisions. I was building the tools and processes that the team had decided on without me. Honestly, I was lucky to interact with business teams at all....
