It’s evidently the season of distractions and lost replies. That would be lovely! I’m excited that @yvonnezlam.bsky.social suggested it, and the “Janus days” of early January feels like a good time for it!

And since it’s the gifting season, or to use 2025 budget:

the next remote Technical Leadership workshop is March 24 and 31, 2026, 12-3PM Eastern Time (US/Canada)

Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday sale 🎉

More info and to enroll: ti.to/bredemeyer/t...

And

December 2 and December 9, 2025, at 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Eastern Time (US/Canada)

Technical Leadership Workshop (remote)

Limited availability; Small Business seasonal sale 🎉

More info/Enroll: ti.to/bredemeyer/t...

Preview module:
Technical Decisions: ruthmalan.com/Leadership/2...

Starting December 1, and running through December 24:

AdventOfSystemSeeing, 2025 edition

bsky.app/profile/ruth...

#PapersInSystems : Monday Jan 5, 1-2pm Eastern Time (US/Can)

@johncutle.fish ’s “Twenty Things”

cutlefish.substack.com/p/20-things-...

It is also here, with illustrations: www.viktorcessan.com/20-systems-o...

Discussion will be led by @yvonnezlam.bsky.social

More here: ti.to/bredemeyer/c...

Last year’s booklet is also on LI in carousel form, if you’d prefer to click pages (or download from) there: www.linkedin.com/posts/ruth-m...

One person observed that it’s like doing a workshop, but it’s one where we let the situation/system of interest (and our own reflection) be the teacher.

Just read (via @ruthmalan.bsky.social elsewhere) and it too feels related

cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-ov...

And there’s the discussion (tomorrow, Nov 3!), that enlivens and enriches the work with a variety of perspectives, encounters, responses and connections to other work and ideas and experiences.