Quinton Quartel
@qrq.bsky.social
Complexity wrangler. Out to create a better world through better workplaces (inc. ways of working). Fathter of FAST (Fluid Adaptive Scaling Technology).
If you’re changing the org chart, don’t design it behind closed doors and introduce it in a top-down manner—that’s a terrible way to foster aligned autonomy as it robs people of their sense of autonomy. Instead, the people affected by the redesign exercise should be involved as much as possible.
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you’re changing the org chart, don’t design it behind closed doors and introduce it in a top-down manner—that’s a terrible way to foster aligned autonomy as it robs people of their sense of autonomy. Instead, the people affected by the redesign exercise should be involved as much as possible.
It is tempting to do research and management where there are data. It gives the manager a feeling of doing something useful. However, managers need to be careful of falling into a trap of managing the measurable rather than managing the important.
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It is tempting to do research and management where there are data. It gives the manager a feeling of doing something useful. However, managers need to be careful of falling into a trap of managing the measurable rather than managing the important.
Compassion isn’t just good, it’s good for business, and a 2004 paper argues that compassion at an individual level... can turn into “organisational compassion” when team members collectively notice, feel, and respond to pain experienced by team members.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Compassion isn’t just good, it’s good for business, and a 2004 paper argues that compassion at an individual level... can turn into “organisational compassion” when team members collectively notice, feel, and respond to pain experienced by team members.
Unleashing creativity requires that we loosen the controls, accept risk, trust our colleagues, work to clear the path for them, and pay attention to anything that creates fear. ~ Ed Catmul
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Unleashing creativity requires that we loosen the controls, accept risk, trust our colleagues, work to clear the path for them, and pay attention to anything that creates fear. ~ Ed Catmul
Dictators come and go, and when they go the dictatorship goes with them. When a true leader departs, the company he leaves behind is healthy, self-governing, vibrant, and intact. ~ Ricardo Semler
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Dictators come and go, and when they go the dictatorship goes with them. When a true leader departs, the company he leaves behind is healthy, self-governing, vibrant, and intact. ~ Ricardo Semler
Create a culture of hospitality. Which means addressing questions I’ve spent my career asking: How do you make the people who work for you and the people you serve feel seen and valued? How do you give them a sense of belonging? How do you make them feel part of something bigger than themselves?
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Create a culture of hospitality. Which means addressing questions I’ve spent my career asking: How do you make the people who work for you and the people you serve feel seen and valued? How do you give them a sense of belonging? How do you make them feel part of something bigger than themselves?
Ronald Reagan on tariffs
youtu.be/hN_CVvzExpM?...
youtu.be/hN_CVvzExpM?...
Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.
YouTube video by Toronto Sun
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October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Ronald Reagan on tariffs
youtu.be/hN_CVvzExpM?...
youtu.be/hN_CVvzExpM?...
A fun workplace trumps careful hiring when it comes to performance and personal satisfaction.
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A fun workplace trumps careful hiring when it comes to performance and personal satisfaction.
"In nonviolent action, you’re trying to win by converting people to your cause" (Srdja Popovic and Matthew Miller, Blueprint for Revolution)
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"In nonviolent action, you’re trying to win by converting people to your cause" (Srdja Popovic and Matthew Miller, Blueprint for Revolution)
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The 4 key metrics you've been measuring?
They are now 5 📊🗝️
Here's what #DORA changed and what it means for your continuous improvement efforts. cd.foundation/blog/2025/10...
They are now 5 📊🗝️
Here's what #DORA changed and what it means for your continuous improvement efforts. cd.foundation/blog/2025/10...
The DORA 4 key metrics become 5 - CD Foundation
In the 2025 DORA Report, there are now 5 key metrics. This post explores this recent changes.
cd.foundation
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The 4 key metrics you've been measuring?
They are now 5 📊🗝️
Here's what #DORA changed and what it means for your continuous improvement efforts. cd.foundation/blog/2025/10...
They are now 5 📊🗝️
Here's what #DORA changed and what it means for your continuous improvement efforts. cd.foundation/blog/2025/10...
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Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class. It's often a mark of high authenticity.
Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.
A little profanity can show that you're being real and you do give a damn.
Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.
A little profanity can show that you're being real and you do give a damn.
October 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class. It's often a mark of high authenticity.
Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.
A little profanity can show that you're being real and you do give a damn.
Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.
A little profanity can show that you're being real and you do give a damn.
As customers, we can learn how employees are treated by their bosses by noticing how the employees treat us.
October 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As customers, we can learn how employees are treated by their bosses by noticing how the employees treat us.
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Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.
October 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Epstein files giving House Republicans over two months paid vacation and counting.
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Who Visited Epstein Island? Find out by watching 'The Onion Investigates: Jeffery Epstein' on The Onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Who Visited Epstein Island? Find out by watching 'The Onion Investigates: Jeffery Epstein' on The Onion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjhSoGcQhWU
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Compassion is the self-discipline to imagine and remember that everyone faces hurdles.
Edmondson, Amy C.. The Fearless Organization (p. 206)
Edmondson, Amy C.. The Fearless Organization (p. 206)
October 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Compassion is the self-discipline to imagine and remember that everyone faces hurdles.
Edmondson, Amy C.. The Fearless Organization (p. 206)
Edmondson, Amy C.. The Fearless Organization (p. 206)
People are not resources. Language matters.
Resources, generally speaking, are fungible. They can be bought and sold.
Resources, generally speaking, are fungible. They can be bought and sold.
October 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
People are not resources. Language matters.
Resources, generally speaking, are fungible. They can be bought and sold.
Resources, generally speaking, are fungible. They can be bought and sold.
Why does Open Space work anyhow? How could something so simple do so much? The short answer is that Open Space works because self-organization works. At least that is the conclusion I have reached after some fifteen years’ wondering how this little marvel manages to do what it does.
#FASTAgile
#FASTAgile
September 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Why does Open Space work anyhow? How could something so simple do so much? The short answer is that Open Space works because self-organization works. At least that is the conclusion I have reached after some fifteen years’ wondering how this little marvel manages to do what it does.
#FASTAgile
#FASTAgile
If you hold the expectation that your hard work and good efforts are invariably going to be appreciated, acknowledged, and rewarded by your employer in perpetuity, it’s time to get over yourself.
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If you hold the expectation that your hard work and good efforts are invariably going to be appreciated, acknowledged, and rewarded by your employer in perpetuity, it’s time to get over yourself.
Want to crank up your adaptive / #agile capability? My advice is to ditch #scrum for something else flow-based like kanban or #FASTAgile.
August 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Want to crank up your adaptive / #agile capability? My advice is to ditch #scrum for something else flow-based like kanban or #FASTAgile.
I really dislike being asked "tell me about a time when..." questions in interviews.
I think Will Guidara's approach is much more sensible.
I think Will Guidara's approach is much more sensible.
August 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I really dislike being asked "tell me about a time when..." questions in interviews.
I think Will Guidara's approach is much more sensible.
I think Will Guidara's approach is much more sensible.
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
August 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
We will attempt to undo the damage of the manager-as-strategist view, and replace it with an approach that encourages you to court success with this formula:
• Get the right people.
• Make them happy so they don’t want to leave.
• Turn them loose.
#BetterWaysOfWorking
• Get the right people.
• Make them happy so they don’t want to leave.
• Turn them loose.
#BetterWaysOfWorking
August 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We will attempt to undo the damage of the manager-as-strategist view, and replace it with an approach that encourages you to court success with this formula:
• Get the right people.
• Make them happy so they don’t want to leave.
• Turn them loose.
#BetterWaysOfWorking
• Get the right people.
• Make them happy so they don’t want to leave.
• Turn them loose.
#BetterWaysOfWorking
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History repeats and the same happens again with OKRs (a very similar concept to management by objectives) being done in a way so poorly it defeats its original purpose.
August 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
History repeats and the same happens again with OKRs (a very similar concept to management by objectives) being done in a way so poorly it defeats its original purpose.