The next step
June 24, 2026
Most bosses develop an intuition for when something’s brewing.
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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.
The decision that ruined business travel forever
May 13, 2026
This is the trick when your job is thinking big thoughts.
The last thing you need humans for
April 15, 2026
This is a “what matters is what matters” newsletter.
Nonsense masquerading as insight
March 18, 2026
Here are three, quick ways to spot AI bullshit in the wild.
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.
With love in our hearts for your eventual revolution
November 12, 2025
If we want work to be better, we need possibility, not futility.
You are not a machine that receives tasks
September 17, 2025
Folks who study meaning at work have three buckets. We love a good three-bucket framework. Let’s go.
Busy is not a personality
June 25, 2025
What would you do if you had a week to just clear out backlog?
The poser manifesto
April 16, 2025
We talk with people building amazing things all the time, from founders to interns, and none of them sound like this.
The heart of it
February 19, 2025
To be worthy of your time, work needs to have dignity, meaning, and impact.
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