TechKeeper’s Guide #53 – The power of future-back thinking 🤔

“There is present-forward vision, and there is future-back vision. There is a difference. Present-forward thinking will get you incremental change and often leaves you stuck in the present.

Future-back thinking expands your horizon to see opportunities that are beyond your core business. Future-back helps you quiet the noise today to see the faint signals that could disrupt your business or activities tomorrow.”

Therefore, for our featured article today we chose the text that summarizes all the main ideas from the book "Lead from the future".

Besides that, we highly recommend articles on psychological safety at work, becoming manager in 2021 and improving use of metrics in your Scrum team.

Enjoy the content and keep on leading! ✊

– Marcin Mazurek, The Software House

⭐️ Our favorite read

The power of future-back thinking

LEADERSHIP IS NOW Mark Johnson and Josh Suskewicz describe future-back thinking as “a way of seeing and being in the world.” The authors point out that present-forward thinking innovation at most organizations is mostly incremental improvements to what they are already doing.

✊ Leadership & Culture

Psychological safety at work

HARRI KALOUDIS In-depth analysis of what do psychologically safe work teams look like. What are the questions you should ask yourself?

Establishing working relationships as a new leader in a remote team

NOBL ACADEMY Getting to know your team requires intention, time, and flexibility— especially in a virtual workplace. 

Becoming a manager in 2021

LARA HOGAN Are you – or someone you know – moving into a manager role this year? The author of this text got your back.

💡 Technology

Improve how your Scrum team uses metrics

THE LIBERATORS Four do-it-yourself workshops to improve how your team uses metrics and how to measure the things that really matter.

Learn to use React Query for server-state data management

THE SOFTWARE HOUSE Restore your faith in server-state data synchronization with the pre-configured React Query library.

Why some developers are avoiding headaches by going web-only

FAST COMPANY It’s still tough to opt out of Apple and Google’s ecosystems. But some app makers are coming around to the web’s upsides.

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