I frequently get asked, "how do I promote a writing culture at my company?" Here is how I responded recently. A writing culture is a reading culture and a feedback-giving culture. A write-and-reading-and-feedback-giving culture requires time to think, process, and respond. Writing isn't the end goal: thinking and improving is the goal. In contrast, presentation cultures predominate in either:
Exactly right! This article hit home for me. There were times when I lost the (right) motivation to write (to learn). And times when there was too much WIP or change-in-progress. This was so good I had to write about it! Posted it on LinkedIn just now.
Exactly right! This article hit home for me. There were times when I lost the (right) motivation to write (to learn). And times when there was too much WIP or change-in-progress. This was so good I had to write about it! Posted it on LinkedIn just now.
John, what has been your experience with this while switching companies?