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··· 9 9 - **You can not not communicate**. Not discussing the elephant in the room is communicating. Few things are as important to study, practice, and perfect as clear communication. 10 10 - Whenever possible, communicate directly with those you're addressing rather than passing the message through intermediaries. 11 11 - Communication between [a large group](https://twitter.com/RichRogers_/status/1159872097205805056) is hard. Noise in the processes might change the message and cause conflicts. Nuance is hard to convey in groups. 12 12 + - The [biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished](https://jabian.com/blog/the-illusion-of-communication). 12 13 - Some tips to simplify communications: 13 14 - Use a few bullet points to put attention on the main points you want to convey. 14 15 - Without going overboard, use a tasteful amount of graphic design (e.g: bolding one key sentence).

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Company Handbooks.md

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··· 19 19 - [MUI](https://mui-org.notion.site/Handbook-f086d47e10794d5e839aef9dc67f324b) 20 20 - [Source{d}](https://github.com/src-d/guide) 21 21 - [Bonusly](https://github.com/bonusly/un-handbook) 22 22 + - [Hanno](https://playbook.hanno.co/) 22 23 - [Remote](https://www.notion.so/remotecom/Handbook-a3439c6ccaac4d5f8c7515c357345c11) 23 24 - [PostHog](https://posthog.com/handbook) 24 25 - [Meltano](https://handbook.meltano.com/) 26 26 + 27 27 + More examples in the [Handbook of Handbooks](https://hackmd.io/@yHk1snI9T9SNpiFu2o17oA/Skh_dXNbE?type=view). 25 28 26 29 ### Cooperatives 27 30 ··· 29 32 - [Catalyst](https://catalystcoop-handbook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) 30 33 - [Hypha](https://handbook.hypha.coop/) 31 34 - [Enspiral](https://handbook.enspiral.com/) 35 35 + - [Greaterthan](https://handbook.greaterthan.works/) 32 36 - [Root Systems](https://github.com/root-systems/handbook) 33 37 - [Life Itself](https://lifeitself.org/tao/) 34 38 - [Campight](https://camplight.net/public/documents/guidebook.pdf) 39 39 + - [CrispDNA](https://dna.crisp.se/docs/index.html) 40 40 + - [Disco.coop](https://manifesto.disco.coop/)

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··· 30 30 ## Giving Feedback 31 31 32 32 - Feedback needs to be informal, frequent, and done authentically. 33 33 + - Feedback should be offered with a willingness to listen in return. Those giving feedback should also ask for it. 33 34 - Challenge ideas, not people. Address behavior, but don't label people. 34 35 - Most feedback you deliver should be positive. This makes the negative feedback more important. 35 36 - Prepare. What do you value in someone? Where do you think are their biggest opportunities to improve? 36 36 - - **Keep the feedback actionable, specific, and kind.** 37 37 + - **Keep the feedback actionable, specific, and kind.** Be as specific as possible and contain concrete suggestions on how to improve. 37 38 - Imagine what things feel like from the other perspective. 38 39 - Criticize in private, praise in public. 39 40 - You can use a [feedback model](https://jacobian.org/2021/apr/22/three-feedback-models/). These are behavioral and impact focused.

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Open Data.md

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··· 20 20 21 21 Open protocols create open systems. Open code creates tools. **Open data creates open knowledge**. We need better tools, protocols, and mechanisms to improve the Open Data ecosystem. It should be easy to find, download, process, publish, and collaborate on open datasets. 22 22 23 23 - Iterative improvements over public datasets would yield large amounts of value ([Dune did it with blockchain data](https://dune.com/blog/the-community-data-platform))¹. Access to data gives people the opportunity to create new business and make better decisions. Open Source code has made a huge impact in the world. Let's make Open Data do the same! 23 23 + Iterative improvements over public datasets would yield large amounts of value ([Dune did it with blockchain data](https://dune.com/blog/the-community-data-platform))¹. Access to data gives people the opportunity to create new business and make better decisions. Open Source code has made a huge impact in the world. Let's make Open Data do the same! [Anyone should be able to fork and re-publish fixed, cleaned, reformatted datasets as easily as people fork code](https://juan.benet.ai/blog/2014-02-21-data-management-problems/). 24 24 25 25 ### Why Now? 26 26

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··· 101 101 - The sheer scale and/or complexity of how things work. There is truly no-one who understands the emergent behavior of the [[Systems|system]]. 102 102 - E.g: Slow _boiling frog_ situations where existing tools have become ineffective but no one noticed. 103 103 - [Act as if you might leave on short notice](https://jmmv.dev/2021/04/always-be-quitting.html). Document your knowledge, long-term plans, meetings, train people around you, empower other people, delegate and keep learning! 104 104 + - Write everything in plain text and in a shared place so is not lost. 104 105 - You have to put in more effort to make something appear effortless. Effortless, elegant performances are often the result of a large volume of effortful. Praise this instead of complex solutions. 105 106 - Invisible work will happen. If you're doing it, make an effort to share and get credit for it. Build a narrative (story) for your work. Arm your manager and fight recency bias keeping track of all the things you've done. 106 107 - As a manager, give problems to solve, not solutions. Make sure the team knows what they're working toward and that it has the resources needed to complete the work. ··· 136 137 - Build great relationships so you can be supported in decisions to get some early wins. 137 138 - One of the most valuable things you can do during onboarding is update/write documentation and [create/update checklist of all the processes](https://lifeitself.org/tao/onboarding#create-an-onboarding-issue). This will help you and your team in the long run. 138 139 - [Make bite-sized impact, fast](https://stormdata.substack.com/p/reflecting-on-my-impact-during-my). 140 140 + 141 141 + ## [Team Management](http://pnewman.org/engineering_mgmt_checklist.txt) 142 142 + 143 143 + - Every member of the team knows what they should be working on. 144 144 + - Every member of the team knows what to do if they finish a task, or get blocked. 145 145 + - Every member of the team has had a meaningful career conversation within the last six months. 146 146 + - Every member of the team receives timely, meaningful, actionable performance feedback. 147 147 + - Work that needs to get done aligns with work that is rewarded by the promotion process. 148 148 + - Performance reviews never contain surprises. 149 149 + - Team members are able to express ideas for new projects or changes to the way the team works. 150 150 + - The team is able to give input on roadmaps and plans. 151 151 + - The team is staffed adequately and work is evenly distributed. 152 152 + - The team, overall, has the level of functional expertise required to do the work, and a reasonable number of stretch goals are available. 153 153 + - Conflicts are resolved in a fair and respectful way. 154 154 + - Diversity is represented and embraced; a broad spectrum of views are considered. 155 155 + - Progress and set backs are regularly communicated to key stakeholders. 156 156 + - When collaborative projects are completed, credit is shared among the contributors. 139 157 140 158 ## Links 141 159

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··· 14 14 - [The Complete Guide to Full Stack Web3 Development](https://dev.to/dabit3/the-complete-guide-to-full-stack-web3-development-4g74) and the [Web3 stack](https://edgeandnode.com/blog/defining-the-web3-stack). 15 15 - [Kernel Community](https://kernel.community/en/learn/). 16 16 - Decentralized friendly and open source alternatives: 17 17 - - [Trello](https://dework.xyz/). 18 18 - - [Notion](https://www.clarity.so/). 19 19 - - [Medium](https://mirror.xyz/dashboard). 20 20 - - [Search](https://slate.host/). 21 21 - - [Imgur](https://www.pinata.cloud/). 22 22 - - [Netlify](https://fleek.co/). 23 23 - - [Firebase](https://textile.io). 24 24 - - [Dropbox](https://www.sliksafe.com/). [Another](https://files.chainsafe.io/). 25 25 - - [Publishing](https://docs.distributed.press/). 17 17 + - [Trello](https://dework.xyz/) 18 18 + - [Notion](https://www.clarity.so/) 19 19 + - [Medium](https://mirror.xyz/dashboard) 20 20 + - [Search](https://slate.host/) 21 21 + - [Imgur](https://www.pinata.cloud/) 22 22 + - [Netlify](https://fleek.co/) 23 23 + - [Firebase](https://textile.io) 24 24 + - [Dropbox](https://www.sliksafe.com/). [Another](https://files.chainsafe.io/) 25 25 + - [Publishing](https://docs.distributed.press/) 26 26 + - [Git](https://radicle.xyz/) 26 27 27 28 ## Links 28 29