“Bring your whole self to work?” LOL, that’s horrific advice.
“Being authentic” can often (sadly) mean “signing up for the next layoff list.” Continue Reading
Priorities
People don’t care as much about stuff as we think they do
Putin and all-hands revenue growth meetings don’t always matter. Continue Reading
About 95% of deadlines can be adjusted
Deadlines are not nearly as intractable or set in stone as we think. Continue Reading
“Wishful thinking rather than accurate self-assessment”
Self-awareness is not at scale, and it might be regressing. Continue Reading
Why do we think software can solve people issues?
Platforms don’t improve work so much as human connection does, honestly. Continue Reading
What if everything we know about time management is wrong?
Who run the world? People claiming to be busy all the time. Who should run the world? Time multipliers. Continue Reading
Corporate vocabulary: When words mean everything, they then mean nothing
Suitcase words. Continue Reading
How did Dostoevsky say you destroy a prisoner psychologically?
… and how does it relate to white-collar work? Continue Reading