LeadDev Berlin 2022 James Stanier

Improve your writing skills, collaboration, and communication with actionable tips and techniques for effective documentation, design, and team management.

Key takeaways

Writing daily for 10-15 minutes is a good practice to improve writing skills
Create a Bragdoc to showcase accomplishments and struggles
Use asynchronous communication to work with diverse teams
Norms and structure can help remote teams collaborate and stay on track
Auto-generation of documentation can be a good starting point
Writing for others can be an ongoing challenge
Use writing practices such as practice, reflection, and review
Documentation sprints can be useful for teams to create common understanding
Real-time feedback is important for team communication
Practice writing from different perspectives
Sacrificing identity for leadership is not the best approach
Set clear boundaries and norms for team communication
Invest in writing skills to improve communication and documentation
Use a combination of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools
Have a personal and company newsletter to share information
Fear of writing can be overcome by daily practice
Use a mentorship program to improve writing skills
The best writing is that which is clear and concise
Experiment and try different approaches to find what works best

LeadDev Berlin 2022 James Stanier

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