People & Leadership
Before Hiring a Replacement, Ask Whether the Job Has Changed
Replacing a departing colleague is a chance to review the work. Separate necessary tasks from inherited habits before advertising the same role again.
LEADERSHIP · TEAMS · CHANGE
Journal
Team Practice
A Team Retrospective Needs One Change You Can Actually Observe
Turn a retrospective observation into a small team experiment with a named owner, a review date and evidence that can show whether it helped.
Team Operations
A Shared Inbox Needs a Claim Rule Before Two People Reply
Assign shared-inbox ownership, make handovers explicit and stop duplicate replies without turning every message into a meeting.
Decisions & Direction
A Decision Log Should Record the Option You Did Not Choose
Keep a decision log that explains the chosen option, the credible alternative and the condition that would justify revisiting the choice.
Team Development
Cross-Training Starts With One Critical Task
Reduce a team’s dependence on one person by cross-training a single critical task with clear boundaries, supervised practice and a usable handover.
Team Leadership
An Exit Interview Needs a Route From Feedback to Action
Give exit-interview feedback a clear review route while separating individual concerns, recurring patterns and actions the organisation can actually take.
Team Leadership
Set a Review Date When a Team Decision Depends on an Assumption
Record the assumption behind a team decision and choose a review date or trigger, so changed evidence can lead to a timely adjustment.
Team Leadership
A Recurring Report Needs Someone Who Can Review Its Purpose
Review a recurring report by the decision it supports, its users and its obligations before agreeing to simplify, pause or retire it.
Team Practices
Share the Inconvenience of Meetings Across Time Zones
Plan distributed-team meetings around actual local times, rotate unavoidable inconvenience and make asynchronous participation a usable option.