hard first, easy later

Samuel Barney

A semi-daily podcast focused on the planning & execution of patterns as it relates to personal development / workplace productivity.

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Proactive

hard first, easy later

01/03/20 • 26 min

Performance Reviews

hard first, easy later

02/10/20 • 33 min

A concise talk on preparing for performance reviews & how it affects the career path.

The Tinker Challenge

hard first, easy later

01/31/20 • 21 min

Spend 5-10 non-standard work hours towards tinkering with new technologies/patterns that potentially can benefit your org.

Horrible Bosses

hard first, easy later

02/09/20 • 40 min

How to deal with a micromanager / low performing leader.

Team Leadership

hard first, easy later

02/04/20 • 26 min

Talent development in teams can be accelerated using a bottom-up leadership approach, giving even partial decision making of specific verticals to team members.

Stakeholder Intent

hard first, easy later

02/01/20 • 21 min

Communicate with Stakeholder(s) to better define a project's intent / outcome, which in turn will result in a better user experience.

Recognition Patterns for Teams

hard first, easy later

02/05/20 • 21 min

Some insights based on studies from Carol Dweck(Stanford) & Dr. Jooa Julia Lee(Harvard) among other unnamed studies into recognition & praise affect on the mindset of children to adult.