{"id":110,"date":"2019-02-10T19:57:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T02:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/codingrestart.com\/?p=110"},"modified":"2019-02-11T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T23:53:54","slug":"lessons-from-rework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codingrestart.com\/home\/lessons-from-rework\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons From re:Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently I discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/rework.withgoogle.com\/\">re:Work<\/a>, a website where Google shares its knowledge about human resources and management. In this post I highlight a few of the articles that I found inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A thought provoking article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rework.withgoogle.com\/blog\/changing-the-change-rules-at-google\/\">Changing the Change Rules at Google<\/a>\u201d covers a new approach to reorgs. As a large, fast moving company, Google goes through frequent reorgs that are not always handled well. In some instances, Google found that half the people do not understand the reorg. The new ChangeRules approach is driven by four key broad questions: Why? What? Who? How? The reason behind these questions is to find out what is the goal of this change and how to best implement it. It may actually turn out that the reorg is not needed. One of the aspects that I found surprising is to get stakeholders&#8217; input early, including input from employees affected by the reorg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The project I am working on at work is a large undertaking that requires a major shift in the way teams are working. People need to nurture their innovation abilities, atrophied by many years working on legacy projects. These legacy projects needed to be maintained, without making any significant changes. An article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rework.withgoogle.com\/blog\/hacking-your-innovation-mindset\/\">Hacking Your Innovation Mindset<\/a>\u201d provides tips from an eponymous <a href=\"https:\/\/dschool.stanford.edu\/classes\">Stanford d.school<\/a> class to achieve improvement in innovation. Three main abilities are promoted during the class:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Learn to navigate ambiguity. I love this quote: \u201cIt is not only about problem solving, it is about problem finding\u201d.<\/li><li>Practice mindful observation.<\/li><li>Experiment with your ideas.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing the Stanford class, the students were significantly more confident in showing their work to others, before it was finished to their satisfaction. Showing unfinished work to provide feedback is one of the major signs of innovative work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For people wanting to learn more about this fascinating subject, read \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.effectuation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Dyer_et_al-2008-Strategic_Entrepreneurship_Journal-1.pdf\">Entrepreneur Behaviors, Opportunity Recognition, and the Origins of Innovative Ventures<\/a>\u201d. This study is based on interviews with dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and hundreds of executives and it posits that innovation differs from management in the patterns by which information is acquired. To my surprise, it is not personal traits, including risk taking, that explain the difference between being innovative and non-innovative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rework.withgoogle.com\/blog\/googles-algorithm-powered-internal-job-marketplace\/\">Project Chameleon<\/a> is a project in one of the divisions at Google to provide an internal marketplace where employees are matched to projects and managers, based on their skills and preferences. The project has been running for 2 years and 80% people who participate in it are satisfied, with 90% employees and managers getting one of their top three choices. This project has potential to provide benefit at other larger companies as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I discovered re:Work, a website where Google shares its knowledge about human resources and management. In this post I highlight a few of the articles that I found inspiring. A thought provoking article \u201cChanging the Change Rules at Google\u201d covers a new approach to reorgs. As a large, fast moving company, Google goes through &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/codingrestart.com\/home\/lessons-from-rework\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lessons From re:Work&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paAAlH-1M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65,"url":"https:\/\/codingrestart.com\/home\/okrs\/","url_meta":{"origin":110,"position":0},"title":"OKRs","author":"Viktor Sanek","date":"January 13, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently I read several articles on OKRs\u00a0(Objectives and Key Results), a method for setting and tracking the goals leading to better alignment of goals in an organization. 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