52 actionable posts about building a culture of innovation
One year of consistent posts is nothing to sneeze at. But when each one is genuinely useful, actionable, and insightful, that's another level of achievement.
Link: The First Year, by Corey Ford at Point C
I could include Corey’s posts in my link roundups every single week. Each one is genuinely gold — and I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with Corey in various ways for over a decade, so I also know they work. I use many of them in my own day-to-day practice, and I’ll have them front of mind as I move on to my next chapter later this year.
I also want to say: posting every week on the same day, at the same time, for a whole year is an achievement in itself. I’ve been blogging since 1998 and I’m not convinced I’ve ever been that consistent. As he says, consistency compounds:
“I embraced constraints and forced myself to ship every week, without a long-term plan. Half sheet by half sheet. The first few posts felt like shouting into the void. (And if I'm being honest, I sometimes still wonder whether anyone has time to read these long posts at all.) But then I would run into someone in person at a conference. Or I would catch up with an old student on Zoom. And I would hear the same thing, over and over: Thank you for sharing these frameworks. I just sent our latest one to my team.”
I’ve been quietly sharing his posts in our internal #product-reads channel on Slack, which I set up to share links that I think are either inspiring or will be useful in our work. I’ve been in board meetings at other orgs where his work has come up organically and I’ve been able to enthusiastically +1. If you’re not following him, there’s still time to correct that. He’s the real deal, has changed my life multiple times, and has been similarly influential for others. And if you get a chance to work with him, including as a coach or a consultant for your team and culture — run at it.