Episode #008 - MAR 2026 - Field Notes

About this episode

Jon and Hassan discuss goal and objective setting for architecture teams in a conversational format.

Welcome to our new occasional format: Field Notes. Rather than talking with a guest, Field Notes is a conversation between Jon and Hassan about a specific topic. These topics will be a deeper dive into the management of Architecture teams, and on this episode we're talking about Goal and Objective setting. We discuss the challenges associated with setting objectives for architects, about "soft skills" versus "hard skills", and discuss ways to cascade and monitor goals across the team. Field notes is a slightly shorter, more conversational format - we hope you enjoy it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon Hill, Hassan Abba

Topics covered

• goal setting
• objective setting
• architecture teams
• soft skills
• hard skills
• team management

Keywords

• goal setting
• objectives
• architecture
• management
• soft skills
• hard skills

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Books & works: Field Notes

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