Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 3 Sept 2021
Quick: what’s your team’s specialty? Your team’s specialty is its reputation for what it’s good at. Not what you think your team is good at; what matters is...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 27 Aug 2021
Hi, everyone: I hope that as the start of the academic year approaches in the northern hemisphere, those of you who are going back to campus are comfortable...
Research Computing Teams - Critical Mass Next Steps and Link Roundup, 20 Aug 2021
Thanks, everyone, for your responses last week. I’ve been thinking a lot about strategy in other contexts lately - some of you will have noticed that I’ve...
Research Computing Teams - Call to Action and Link Roundup, 14 Aug 2021
Hi, all: So the last newsletter resonated quite a bit (welcome to new members of the Research Computing Teams community)! It was a bit of a cri de coeur...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 6 Aug 2021
Research computing and data, as a community, has an inferiority complex. And it’s a problem. This week I saw yet another press release - I won’t link to it,...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 30 July 2021
Hi there: We’re going into a long weekend here in Toronto - the second-to-last one of the summer - and it’s very much needed. We have a number of pretty...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 24 July 2021
Hi, all: Success as a manger is defined by a lot of hard work and tough conversations that will pay off over very long timescales. It’s way less immediately...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 16 July 2021
Hi, everyone: I hope you're doing well. I’ve neglected the “managing your own career” section lately, which I'm going to try to fix; we spend a lot of time...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 10 July 2021
Hi, everyone! I hope you’re having a good weekend, and that the past week was good for you and your team. I’m working (with some help) on tidying up and...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 2 July 2021
Hi, all! Here our team is continuing to make post-pandemic plans for how work will work. Others are further ahead. This week Apple confirmed their very...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 25 June 2021
Hi there, everyone! It’s been a busy week here of contacting recommended potential job candidates, building consensus among stakeholders, debugging code, and...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 18 June 2021
Hi! I’m back and refreshed from my mini-break from the newsletter; there’s a lot of optimism in the air here as COVID-19 numbers continue to drop and...
Research Computing Teams Micro-roundup, 11 June 2021
Hi, everyone! Mainly taking the week off from the newsletter this week (for positive reasons - some family celebrations); things will return to normal next...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 5 June 2021
Hi, everyone: We have several items this week about post pandemic management and continuing to manage a distributed team. It's hard to hire and retain...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 28 May 2021
Hi, all: I think I helped a team find the courage (and the organizational support) to say “no” to things this week. Strategy for research computing teams is...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 22 May 2021
Hi, everyone! This week’s RCT Newsletter is a little slow going out; the reason ties into something I’ve been meaning to write a bit more about, usual...
Research Computing Teams - Online Manager Training Options and Link Roundup, 14 May 2021
Hi, all: I got an important question and comment from longtime newsletter reader Laura Kinkead at University of Zurich: Do you have any recommendations for...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 7 May 2021
Hi, all: I hope you’re enjoying the change of seasons. The end of April here brings an onslaught of deadlines, meetings, and events, but things are settling...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 30 Apr 2021
Hi, everyone! If you paid any attention to tech management twitter at all in the past week, you heard about how Basecamp started the week by announcing - in...
Research Computing Teams Link Roundup, 23 April 2021
Hi, everyone! I have a somewhat short newsletter for you this week; exciting things are happening at work with product adoption and hiring, both of which are...
