Have you ever had a bad boss?
May 27, 2026
As a manager, it’s hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you.
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The decision that ruined business travel forever
May 13, 2026
This is the trick when your job is thinking big thoughts.
The people who care are having the hardest time
April 29, 2026
That this passes for visionary leadership and is rewarded by the market is the surest sign we’re into some totally upside-down-face corporate groupthink.
The last thing you need humans for
April 15, 2026
This is a “what matters is what matters” newsletter.
500 applications, 0 callbacks
April 1, 2026
What if you just abandon the front door entirely and find another way?
Nonsense masquerading as insight
March 18, 2026
Here are three, quick ways to spot AI bullshit in the wild.
We are all rusty
March 4, 2026
This is a five-alarm fire in terms of human connection.
Get down off the table, my guy
February 18, 2026
Is this just another hype cycle you can ignore until it dies off? Maybe. But our sense is that this one’s gonna be different.
You are not entirely powerless
February 4, 2026
How do you check power that’s not-presently-checked?
At best an imposter, at worst a fraud
January 21, 2026
We need to acknowledge that the fake-it-and-hope-no-one-notices approach to management is having a real moment right now.
Somebody has to do it
January 7, 2026
We hear this from individual contributors, and we hear it from team leads and line managers, and we hear it from Directors and VPs, too.
The thing that feels better than I told you so
December 10, 2025
Even as we’re setting up something ambitious, we can often spot the things lurking in the shadows that are going to get in the way.
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