Don’t want no fluff
October 14, 2026
I don’t know how to assess or integrate this stuff with the rest of my work
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Leading from a distance
August 19, 2026
We don’t have a magic incantation that makes this hard thing easy. But we have three things that might help.
We are all rusty
March 4, 2026
This is a five-alarm fire in terms of human connection.
I hope they’re paying you enough for this
August 20, 2025
The shift in this model is that we’re no longer talking about a cofounder or a bestie or work spouse.
Lower your expectations
September 4, 2024
We have been to a lot of corporate all-hands, gatherings, conferences, and un-conferences. Some of them have been incredibly well-run. Some of them have been a rolling shit-show.
Okay, call it a come back
August 21, 2024
There is some design work to do if we want to build new connections, and rebuild the ones we miss.
Find the through-line or make one
May 1, 2024
“How do I set goals without a strategy?” Or “How do I get my team working on the right things, when no one has told me what the right things are?”
What to do when everyone’s eyebrows are glowing
October 4, 2023
You can’t outsource interpersonal connection to the interns, and your team can’t outsource it to you.
The future of work is in pieces
August 9, 2023
When we talk with bosses about their work today, we don’t hear about commutes. We don’t hear about summer hours, or four-day-work-weeks, either.
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right
July 12, 2023
How do you know? How is it that you can listen to someone talk about work and consistently know what’s going to happen next?
Before your next offsite
April 19, 2023
The best thing you can do. The magical transformative thing you can do to improve your odds that something amazing will happen. Is to think ahead.
When meetings are outlawed, only outlaws will hold meetings
January 11, 2023
While collaboration, alignment, decision making, and unit cohesion can all happen outside of meetings, well-run meetings are a very useful and effective place to accomplish those things.
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