“If you feel that everything is terrible and everyone lies, then people don’t want to engage in civic discourse…”
Welcome to the lessons of Election Day 2020 (USA), which are more hopeful than maybe we realize. Continue Reading
Management
The Blunder Years, Episode 77: Just because you make money doesn’t make you a genius
A conversation on business models, California, intelligence vs. revenue-generation, and the emotional toil of work. Continue Reading
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
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
So, so many KPIs are completely meaningless
There are core things that matter in a specific business, and core things the executives track … and those are NOT always the public KPIs. Continue Reading