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.
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To misunderstand and be misunderstood
August 5, 2026
Not every piece of workplace feedback lends itself to 100pt font.
We are all rusty
March 4, 2026
This is a five-alarm fire in terms of human connection.
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.
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.
If you’re not reading this email, you’re fired
September 3, 2025
The first and easiest gut check in terms of whether your workplace surveillance is helpful or harmful is this.
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.
None of this is real and it doesn’t matter
August 6, 2025
The difference between the theater of work and actual work.
The enshittification of work
April 2, 2025
The froth has subsided. And in its wake, organizations have found some truly short-sighted approaches to labour.
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.
This is not a democracy
October 30, 2024
There was a hard call to be made. And Jeff made it. That’s not abnormal. Jeff makes a lot of hard calls. He has trained his whole life for just this moment.
Nice, nice, very nice
October 16, 2024
The longer you’re in a culture of niceness and side-channels and things left unsaid, the more you have to wonder about the conversations happening out of earshot.
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