You should document your team’s unwritten rules
Most of a work/team’s “culture” is just a mix of written and unwritten rules, and it’s often sloppy to navigate. Maybe we should document more? Continue Reading
Leadership
Try to keep your work friends after you leave (it ain’t easy)
When you leave a job, it’s notoriously hard to remain good friends with ex-coworkers. But damn, you should definitely try. Continue Reading
WFH is basically class warfare, even if we avoid the topic
We can talk forever and a day about work from home and when it might return, but let’s first acknowledge the inequality herein. Continue Reading
The managerial fear button and punished vulnerability
Managers have a lot on their plates, and often “motivating or building your team” falls to their last priority. Enter fear as a “strategy.” Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 71: Why can’t bosses respect their people?
Why are so many bosses so hideously inept at respecting and acknowledging their employees? Continue Reading
The “window problem” of power and activism
What do sales VPs, GOP Senators, and climate change activists have in common? They’re all working around the same core human force. Continue Reading
“The narcissism of the slight difference”
Humans are, by and large, about 93% similar on goals and values. But that other 7% that we disagree on tends to drive all modern convo. Now what? Continue Reading
Why can’t everyone hear from the end users, eh?
A lot of “knowledge jobs” see you toil in obscurity and have no idea who is using the product, or how. Could we maybe fix that? Continue Reading