Are you too smart to work hard?
January 23, 2017
The one about bullets and quicksand
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Go faster — how to move with confidence
January 19, 2017
Walk into any modern company today and you’ll find people paralyzed by what they don’t know.
Twenty Five Hundred
January 17, 2017
Thanks for helping our stuff find an audience.
You know your product team is failing — do you know why?
January 6, 2017
Would you believe me if I told you that it’s almost always the same, fixable thing?
This is the year to stop gossiping at the office
January 3, 2017
In 2017, resolve to silence the chattering once and for all
Co-pour video: 3 minute basics on management in startups
December 23, 2016
There’s merit in repeating the basics.
The open-faced shit sandwich: improvements on a crappy original
December 10, 2016
The right way, the only right way, to deliver feedback is to be thoughtful about the context and the individual and the intent of the feedback.
Obvious to you is not the same as obvious
December 7, 2016
Without finding its way out into the business, the profound insight you’ve had is the same as the profound insight you haven’t had. It has no bearing on our day to day operations.
Actionable feedback, why it matters, and how to get better at giving It
December 1, 2016
As you’re prepping your review, shift the focus of your feedback from the character attribute to the intended outcome.
Some garbage I used to believe about equality
November 27, 2016
This post is addressed to the one group I feel I can legitimately speak to.
Immigration, hives, and life under NAFTA
November 17, 2016
My specific flavor of immigration was entirely on the up and up but it meant I spent a bunch of time between formal government designations. While working on my NAFTA work permit several things happened.
What to do when it all falls apart
November 14, 2016
Nothing is obvious in a crisis. It’s not obvious to your team that the company will be around in a month. It’s not obvious that you’ll still be there, either.
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