Introduction to the leadership learning group and first topic

Published

September 11, 2025

This is the first session of the leadership learning group, where we will introduce the group, the main purposes, and talk about how we’d like to run it. I’ve mentioned the Team Topologies book to several others at Steno Aarhus, which was the main trigger for starting this group in the first place. So I thought it would be a good first topic to discuss.

Since this is the first session, ideally it would be good to at least read the key concepts of this book or, if you want to buy and read the book, at least the book’s preface and part I’s key takeaways. That way, the session can be a bit more productive.

Details

  • Date: September 11, 2025
  • Time: 10:00 to 11:00
  • Location: Hjerterummet A201-248

Agenda

  • Introduce the idea of the group.
  • Discuss what might work for everyone for this group, like times, frequency, expectations, interests, etc.
  • Brainstorm any potential topics or things we could read or discuss in the future (and put it on the website).
  • Describe the Team Topologies book and its key concepts, and briefly discuss them.

Summary

  • We’ll also include articles for reading, as books can be quite long.
  • We’ll provide condensed versions of things we’re learning.
  • Maybe try to invite others to the group?
  • Agreement: We’ll have one meeting every ~10 weeks, for about an 1 hour.
  • Expectations:
    • We’ll try to get through the one article or chapter or “summary” before each meeting.
    • The person who is responsible for the meeting will lead the discussion, but that we don’t need to have much preparation beforehand.
    • The person responsible ideally can give a brief summary or overview of the article/chapter/book/etc, but no need for presentations or any substantial preparation beforehand.
    • We all want to have as minimal extra work here as a possible, while still getting some learning and value from it.
  • Adam will be responsible for the next meeting.
  • What channel to use to send out the resources? Adam will give a “menu” at next session and then we will select based on that.
  • Potential topics:
    • Adam will share what he’s doing in MBA.
    • Daniel will share what he’s read about from the project leader course at Aarhus University.