Executive summary: The author reflects on their first year as a full-time community builder at EA Switzerland, sharing lessons learned in areas such as managing people and teams, operations, growth, and networking.
Key points:
The author relearned the importance of unstructured conversations in fostering creativity and exploration, often yielding more productive outcomes than structured meetings.
Empowering people can be as simple as giving them a nudge in the right direction or showing genuine interest in their work.
Regular feedback sessions are crucial for maintaining a healthy team dynamic, allowing for open discussion on improvements and issues.
Creating a “Work With Me” document helps to calibrate expectations and improve team dynamics.
Scaling without robust operational foundations can lead to inefficient work processes and potential failure.
Technical debt is frustrating but often unavoidable, requiring significant resources and foresight to mitigate.
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Executive summary: The author reflects on their first year as a full-time community builder at EA Switzerland, sharing lessons learned in areas such as managing people and teams, operations, growth, and networking.
Key points:
The author relearned the importance of unstructured conversations in fostering creativity and exploration, often yielding more productive outcomes than structured meetings.
Empowering people can be as simple as giving them a nudge in the right direction or showing genuine interest in their work.
Regular feedback sessions are crucial for maintaining a healthy team dynamic, allowing for open discussion on improvements and issues.
Creating a “Work With Me” document helps to calibrate expectations and improve team dynamics.
Scaling without robust operational foundations can lead to inefficient work processes and potential failure.
Technical debt is frustrating but often unavoidable, requiring significant resources and foresight to mitigate.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.