Now - Read Write Respond

At work, the battle has been between process and progress. Although I agree that sometimes it is about all hands on deck, no matter what it takes. However, it is frustrating when people organise a group meeting, but fail to flag surprise questions and still expect answers like you are some sort of oracle.

The other focus has been testing. It is a strange experience to have a fix for a defect served up to you as a gift that you are meant to be grateful for? I have been trying to model multiplying by demonstrating how Jira cards can be linked all the cards so that it is clearer where things are at. Time spent in reconnaissance is time well spent?

Each time people who uphold the beliefs are rewarded, the culture is strengthened; likewise, every time diminishing behavior is overlooked, that culture is diluted.

Source: Multipliers by Liz Wiseman

On the home front, we banked on the free public transport to spend more time in the city. Attended school open night and master plan session. Realised how much it is like a job interview in reverse.

I plogged 55km this month. Really missing the sunlight.

Another police officer leaned over and whispered to Shi, “Do you think we’ll forget you have a mouth if you don’t use it all the time?”

Source: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

Here is a list of books that I read this month:

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins: A classic Victorian sensation novel that begins with a chance encounter between an art teacher and a mysterious woman dressed in white, leading to a complex web of mistaken identities, insanity, and a plot to steal an inheritance.
The Odyssey by Homer: An epic poem that uses mythic journeys, gods, and monsters to illuminate the complexities of human nature.
An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn: A blend of memoir, literary criticism, and travel writing to explore Homer’s Odyssey.
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu: A science fiction novel the revolves around the question of what would actually happen if humanity made contact with an alien civilisation.
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe: A tragic play about Dr. John Faustus and his pact with the devil.
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams: A play that explores a battle between two versions of America, the old South and post-war industrial change.
Multipliers by Liz Wiseman: A book exploring how “Multiplier” leaders amplify those around them, in contrast to “Diminishers” who stifle their teams’ potential.
X by Daniel Pilkington: A small book that contrasts a series of “X”s photographed during COVID, with a poem on the different definitions of X.

You never do know, really, where education will lead; who will be listening and, in certain cases, who will be doing the teaching.

Source: An Odyssey – A Father, A Son and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn

In regards to vinyl therapy, I acquired a new pressing of Prince’s Purple Rain, as well as Davey Lane’s Finally, A Party Record. I also continued my deep dive into Prince, listening to Chaos and Disorder and the epic three-hour (which I treated like three albums) Emancipation.

I scan my computer looking for a site
Somebody to talk to, funny and bright
I scan my computer looking for a site
Make believe it’s a better world, a better life

Source: My Computer by Prince

With regards to my writing, I wrote the following: