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
Work
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
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
The Blunder Years, Episode 68: RBG and the ridiculous views on women at work
There are more S&P 1500 CEOs named “John” or “David” than women in total. That seems pretty messy. What can we learn from RBG amid all this? 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
“Knowledge work” during COVID: Are we virtue-signaling and lying?
Are we really working more, or are we working more on our lives and claiming we work more to avoid another layoff wave? Continue Reading