Leadership insights, thoughts from lived experiences and readings
I recently finished the book Clean Agile: Back to Basics by Robert C. Martin and found it a great refresher for me. The author, also popularly known as Uncle Bob, returns to the core of Agile software development, two decades since its conception. Agile, a term now often buried under corporate certifications and diluted interpretations, is brought… Continue reading Clean Agile: Back to Basics by Robert C. Martin
As the fresh breeze of 2024 begins to unfold its chapters, I find myself pausing to reflect on the whirlwind that was 2023. It was a year that brought with it a multitude of experiences, emotions, and milestones. Here's a look back at some of the highlights that made 2023 a year to remember. A… Continue reading A LookBack at Year 2023
I am glad to share with you that Twin Health has secured $50 million in funding for it's AI-driven personalized healthcare tech that aims to prevent and reverse chronic health diseases like diabetes. I joined after the Series C fundraising about couple of years back when the US operation was in its infancy. Now it's… Continue reading Twin Health Raised $50M in Series D Funding
I was recently hosted at Beyond The Code podcast by Kovid Batra where we discussed various leadership topics including moving individual contributors to management roles. Hope you find this useful. Check out the full episode here! 👇 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtho3h5CSQY Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/440NrRtHD2pdW78K4irlbY?si=50ee7101941845ac Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/beyond-the-code-by-typo/id1718883620?i=1000638348956 YouTube: https://youtu.be/Dtho3h5CSQY Typo Website Blog: https://typoapp.io/blog/enabling-ics-to-move-into-management-roles-with-ashik-uzzaman-director-of-engineering-at-twin-health/ Medium Blog: https://medium.com/@typoapp/enabling-ics-to-move-into-management-roles-with-ashik-uzzaman-director-of-engineering-at-twin-9f554ac2edb3
Greetings, my readers! I have been feeling a bit exhausted in work (work-life balance?) as it has been more than 6 months since my last vacation (Hawaii with my family and parents). So I decided on this long road trip just a month earlier. Here I recount the incredible tale of my 8-day road trip… Continue reading Epic 8-Day Road Trip Adventure to Far Horizons
Last Thursday we had an outing from Twin Health as many employees flew into Mountain View Headquarter to finish the Q2 planning. We also had our Chief Marketing Offer Shella Tan join. Incidentally this is also the month when I finished my first year at Twin Health. The outing was in Campo di Bocce of… Continue reading Twin Health Outing at Campo di Bocce of Los Gatos
I finished The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills by Daniel Coyle today. I have read this author's The Culture Code in the past and liked it very much. Here are those 52 tips that I plan to revisit every once in a while. Stare At Who You Want To Become Spend Fifteen Minutes A… Continue reading The Little Book of Talent by Daniel Coyle
Crash Course is my favorite youtube video series. Over the last few days I finished Crash Course: Business - Soft Skills which consists of 17 episodes. This is a good basic to be covered by any employee or leader in corporate business. My personal favorite is Episode#14: How to Find Your Leadership Style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSRvDfD451I
Today I finished The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer. This book has been in my to-read list for a long time but finally I finished as this was the topic for discussion in our monthly management book club reading at office. This is a very valuable resource for anyone working… Continue reading The Culture Map by Erin Meyer
Last week I finished Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager by Michael Lopp. This was a very relevant book for me as it focused on engineering management, particularly the type of job I do in Silicon Valley software companies. The author is a highly experienced engineering leader, currently an executive in Apple and… Continue reading Managing Humans by Michael Lopp
. A few days ago I finished another leadership business fable The Secret of Teams: What Great Teams Know and Do by Mark Miller. Through the character Debbie Brewster and her mentor Jeff Brown, the author reveals to us the secrets of high performing teams In this book what we find is that there are three pillars… Continue reading The Secret of Teams by Mark Miller
Today I finished The 9 Types of Leadership: Mastering the Art of People in the 21st Century Workplace by Beatrice Chestnut. In this book, the author talks about Enneagram and how it is relevant to leadership styles. The Enneagram is a system of nine personality types combining traditional wisdom with modern psychology - a powerful tool for understanding ourselves and… Continue reading The 9 Types of Leadership by Beatrice Chestnut
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