If you want to be a successful leader, ask for feedback

Feedback is a boondoggle concept for a lot of people; it’s another one of those things that supposedly will be ushered into the mainstream with the advent of millennials in the workforce, although no one is entirely sure. Right now, you… Continue Reading

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Ah, look. Another leadership study. What can we learn?

Damn, leadership. You scary. (Family Guy reference.) Everybody seems to chase it, and everybody wants to be good at it, and there’s this belief that maybe in the coming generations the idea of being “a good leader” will actually have… Continue Reading

Here’s a new way to start work projects

Stop and think for a second, sir. Continue Reading

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Every piece of “sales advice” I read makes me want to smash my head with a brick

Let’s start here: I’ve never worked in sales. I’ve sold stuff, yes — I had a lemonade stand when I was eight, for example — and I’ve worked in roles that are essentially “sales” but don’t have the title of… Continue Reading

Let’s stop breathlessly analyzing Twitter’s influence and data, shall we?

Twitter Breathless Data Analysis

You may have heard about this SXSW presentation from Jonah Perretti, the CEO of BuzzFeed (and the brother of the comedienne currently on Brooklyn Nine-Nine) that basically shows Twitter has a lot of influence, but ultimately people take what they… Continue Reading

How about this meetings-open-with-a-memo idea, eh?

Amazon Meetings And Memos Before Meetings

Cool article here on “extroverted leadership.” You say “extroverted leadership” to a random rank-and-file at a company, and they probably will instantly quote you their fucking Meyers-Briggs four-letter combo. (Pavlovian.) In reality, though, introverts and extroverts and the interplay of the… Continue Reading

Please stop writing articles about “hiring with intention”

Hiring With Intention Doesn't Exist

This is a concept that doesn’t really exist. Why do we discuss it like it does? Continue Reading

Maybe TEDConnect could save the stupidest part of conferences

TEDConnect

Interesting fact: TED2015 starts next week in Vancouver (Larry Page spoke last year and said some interesting things) while SXSW is going on right now in Austin. So, those events overlap. (They quite possibly always do; I’m unclear on that.)… Continue Reading