Stop deifying Steve Jobs and other assholes. It clouds the picture of leadership.
You can be a good person and still scale a business. Thousands have done it. Maybe we should write more stories about them. Continue Reading
Psychology
The Blunder Years, Episode 10: Why does work distract us from what really matters?
Work at 24 is actually kind of vaguely exciting and interesting. Work at 34? Uh, not nearly as much. Let’s discuss this more. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 9: Spilling that real tea on work and HR
It ain’t always pretty out there. Let’s actually have a real conversation about it, shall we? Continue Reading
So, are most CEOs sociopaths?
I wouldn’t say “most” as that would imply over 51 percent. It’s less than that, but it definitely exists in the workplace. Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 5: The Encouragement Engineer and the “reality of life kicking in”
Work-life balance, losing parents and losing kids, not being able to give 110 percent at work anymore, and the “value chasm” of individuals. Continue Reading
Yea, uh, sorry Bill, but no one in this office actually cares about that thing
Everything in some organizations can feel important and urgent and “I needed this yesterday.” A lot of that is just BS. Continue Reading
We have a hard time solving the flexible work issue because people are idiots
When managers hear “flexibility,” they think “work less.” Until we change that association, we won’t get very far with this. Continue Reading
We need to really, really stop ignoring loneliness as a topic
It impacts many of us, and having more open discussions would probably be beneficial, even though it’s not the easiest topic. Continue Reading