Where are the people-pleasers?
March 19, 2025
The biggest issue for people-pleasing leaders isn’t that they need to be tougher. Or scream more. Or play a different boss on TV.
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This is not what sorry looks like
October 9, 2019
On the subject of the well-intentioned CEO who doesn’t know any better
Downtime and 700 words each
August 14, 2019
You don’t get longform without downtime
The one question post-mortem
July 17, 2019
In retrospect, we did use a lot of Jay-Z in this one
More talk of vomit than anyone expected
May 8, 2019
🤢
Who are you laughing at?
March 27, 2019
We should all aim higher than a supreme court justice
Does this make me sound human?
February 13, 2019
No one knows what you’re saying, Jack.
The hardest management problem in tech
December 5, 2018
When you point it out to them, they get a faraway look and nod and say, “Yeah. Let’s fix that.”
You don’t run a traveling psychic circus…do you?
November 21, 2018
(PS – there’s a secret in this one.)
Assume your people talk about their comp
October 24, 2018
This assumption will keep you from being an ass
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