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# Rands In Repose: A Disclosure
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2012/11/rands-in-repose-a-disclosure/
- Published: 2012-11-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:52:33.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

A great article by Michael Lopp from back in 2009 on going from being an engineer in a company to being a manager:

> As best I can tell, there are two useful types of meeting: alignment and creation. Briefly:  
>  
> Alignment meetings sound like this: “It’s red, are we all in agreement it’s red? Ok, swell. Wait, Phil thinks it’s blue. Phil, here are the 18 compelling reasons it’s red. Convinced? Done now?”  
>  
> Creation meetings sound like this: “We need more blue. How are we going to do that? Phil, you’re our blue man. What should we do here?”  
>  
> There are other meetings out there, but you will learn to avoid them. One being the therapy meeting. They sound like this: “Show of hands, who likes to talk about blue? Or red? I don’t care. Let’s explore our color feelings for the next 60 minutes.”

The article is written from the perspective of a tech company, but many principles could easily be applied to other businesses or companies.

Reading it gave me newfound respect for managers at my previous employers.