“Strategy” as a synonym for “placate the most powerful person”

The product is the guy/gal, not the actual product suite you think. Continue Reading

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Senior Management 101: The distraction strategy

Kick the can. Continue Reading

“Small dick justification, and 55 cents at the margin…”

The path through work ain’t all roses and quadruple-like IG posts. Continue Reading

Executives shouldn’t hold the whole organization to their standards, honestly

“It’s important for the culture that everyone reside here in San Diego. We won’t pay you enough to do that, but…” Continue Reading

An over-focus on fiscal targets is emotional terrorism for employees

Context, information, and attention. Continue Reading

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Dealing with the HIPPO in the room

If data won’t do it, it might be time to chase another job. Continue Reading

Automation and greed

“New, value-add, less-monotonous jobs will be created!” Um. Will they, though? Continue Reading

The COVID-19 golden parachute index

When your stock drops to 14 cents for trading, I’m not sure you just justified a $6M trigger for yourself bonus-wise. But many get it. Continue Reading