Vladimir Chernikov

The importance of "Not done"

What if the key to advancing your career isn't what you do, but what you choose *not* to do?

The importance of "Not done"
#1about 1 minute

The overwhelming transition into a management role

Becoming a manager often leads to an overwhelming number of requests and subsequent burnout, highlighting a critical gap in management skills.

#2about 5 minutes

Prioritizing tasks is a key skill for juniors

A junior professional's story illustrates that early career success requires prioritizing tasks and managing workload, not just completing everything assigned.

#3about 9 minutes

Learning delegation and how to say no professionally

An expert promoted to product owner struggles by failing to delegate tasks or say no to stakeholder requests, revealing crucial mid-career skills.

#4about 7 minutes

Turning around a team with strategic focus

A new leader revives a demotivated team by stopping most projects to focus on key initiatives and rebuilding stakeholder trust through clear communication.

#5about 2 minutes

Mastering the art of leaving things not done

Developing the skill to consciously decide what not to do is essential for effective management and sustainable career growth at all levels.

Related jobs
Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.

Matching moments

Balancing the trade-off between efficiency and resilience
03:38 MIN

Balancing the trade-off between efficiency and resilience

What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee

Developing resilience by expanding your capacity for failure
04:57 MIN

Developing resilience by expanding your capacity for failure

What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee

Why HR struggles with technology implementation and adoption
04:22 MIN

Why HR struggles with technology implementation and adoption

What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee

Moving beyond headcount to solve business problems
04:27 MIN

Moving beyond headcount to solve business problems

What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee

Rapid-fire thoughts on the future of work
02:44 MIN

Rapid-fire thoughts on the future of work

What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee

Automating formal processes risks losing informal human value
03:48 MIN

Automating formal processes risks losing informal human value

What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee

The importance of a fighting spirit to avoid complacency
06:04 MIN

The importance of a fighting spirit to avoid complacency

The Future of HR Lies in AND – Not in OR

Breaking down silos between HR, tech, and business
03:39 MIN

Breaking down silos between HR, tech, and business

What 2025 Taught Us: A Year-End Special with Hung Lee

Featured Partners

Related Videos

See all videos
The Cult of Done: My Journey to Becoming a Maker25:24

The Cult of Done: My Journey to Becoming a Maker

Leo Riviera

Your Manager Doesn’t Come with a User Manual (But You Can Totally Write One)24:29

Your Manager Doesn’t Come with a User Manual (But You Can Totally Write One)

Natalie Hylton

Debugging Burnout1:01:43

Debugging Burnout

Samuel Shaw

Engineering culture: Why ownership is the secret ingredient42:41

Engineering culture: Why ownership is the secret ingredient

Eric Rabinovich

From High Performance to Whole Performance – Reconciling Wellbeing and Excellence.28:26

From High Performance to Whole Performance – Reconciling Wellbeing and Excellence.

Simon Cusden

You’re a great coder? That alone won’t get you far: The soft skills secret in IT success28:38

You’re a great coder? That alone won’t get you far: The soft skills secret in IT success

Pierluigi Meloni

WE Develop the Future: WTF is Next?28:06

WE Develop the Future: WTF is Next?

Martin Wezowski

Overcoming bottlenecks of Platform Teams19:04

Overcoming bottlenecks of Platform Teams

Candost Dagdeviren

Related Articles

View all articles
DC
Daniel Cranney
The Importance of "Not Done"
“Move fast and break things”.In the years since these words were first uttered by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the motto has become somewhat of a mantra among tech entrepreneurs, product builders and developers.Zuckerberg, like many of his peers...
The Importance of "Not Done"
EM
Eli McGarvie
Stop Wasting Time: How to Lead a Stand-Up Meeting & Get Results
We all know the feeling: your stand-up meeting starts… and the energy in the room slowly deflates. Eyes glaze over, minds wander. Maybe you can even see their attention drop on smartphones or laptops.Within minutes or even seconds, instead of a quick...
Stop Wasting Time: How to Lead a Stand-Up Meeting & Get Results
JC
Jordan Cutler
How to Manage Workplace Blockers
There are 2 things even the most opinionated software engineers can agree on:Naming is hard.Being blocked sucksBut you need to deal with both of those—Every. Single. Day. Today, we’ll talk about #2, how to overcome it, and how not to be like the skel...
How to Manage Workplace Blockers

From learning to earning

Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.

Product Owner

Product Owner

All About Work

€6K
Java
Scrum
Python
Agile Methodologies
Product Owner

Product Owner

Personal Consulting
Vienna, Austria

€80K
JIRA
Confluence
Microsoft Power Platform Expert

Microsoft Power Platform Expert

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Vienna, Austria

Senior
GIT
Azure
low-code
SharePoint
Microsoft Dynamics