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LinkedIn Cringe and Getting More of What You Measure
ByMike McBride February 12, 2022February 12, 2022 Reading Time: 3 minutes

It can be very easy to lose sight of this on Social Media but it can also be easy to lose sight of this in the workplace or in our own careers as well. When we reward certain measurements people respond by doing more of that thing. This makes sense if your goal is to simply attract more attention to yourself. For social media maybe that is your goal. If you are representing a brand on social media, yeah that is probably what you want. However, as an individual, I think you have to ask yourself if getting more eyeballs this way causes you to actually undermine your own goals.

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Linked: Remote working jobs: 5 problems we need to solve in 2022
ByMike McBride February 9, 2022February 9, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Sadly, most managers just don’t know how to do this. We’ve lived in a world where hard work = hours worked for so long that we don’t know how to do anything else, even though it was also never really true. There have always been people who “work” long hours just to look good without ever really getting anything done, and others who get work done very efficiently and see no reason to sit at their desk longer and play that game. (And everything in between these two extremes!)

What we haven’t done in many cases is figure out better ways to measure who is getting actual work done, because sometimes that’s hard to do.

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Linked: E-Waste Is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too
ByMike McBride February 7, 2022February 6, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

Yes, all of these electronics not being disposed of properly are a risk to the environment, and it turns out that the data on them might be a risk to all of us as well.

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Linked: Remote work, innovation, and the Great Resignation
ByMike McBride February 5, 2022February 5, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I love this because there are so many companies, SO. MANY. COMPANIES. who think that creative and innovative ideas simply spring to life from people being in the same place, and completely miss that it’s not the proximity, it’s the time.

How many time has someone said to you that they would like to work on an idea with you, and you should book some time on their calendar when you’re both available.

And you look. And maybe in 3-4 months, you can both be available.

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Some Employers Have Not Figured Out The Job Market Changed
ByMike McBride February 4, 2022February 3, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Sadly, I’ve seen and heard many stories like this too. I’ve seen some of those job listings myself. You know the ones, where they want to pay entry-level wages but also require 5 years experience or the list of requirements sound like you’re really looking for multiple people, but only paying for one. In my industry, it’s usually the laundry list of experience and certifications that give it away. Really, you are going to require multiple certifications on half a dozen different platforms and tools, as well as years of recent experience? Who even has access to that many different tools at the same time?

Also, if you’re hiring process involves multiple interviews and weeks of delays, you’re going to see a lot of your candidates swept up with an offer before you even get through the process.

You need to be better. If you’re not, someone else will be.

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Linked: Spotify’s Rogan problem is a cautionary tale for other tech platforms
ByMike McBride February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Reading Time: 3 minutes

The article below points out that many of the platforms that exist today may find themselves in a similar situation and face a similar temptation. As shareholders start demanding more “growth” of a platform they are going to have a hard time providing that. There isn’t a large group of people clamoring to get Twitter or Facebook accounts that don’t currently have one. Eventually, they may be tempted to provide some kind of content exclusively on their platform. This pushes them into being publishing and media companies as opposed to tech companies. (We could argue that many of these platforms have started to dabble in being media companies but that haven’t quite taken the step that Spotify did and buy exclusive rights to podcasts.)

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