Learning is often such a crock of shit in companies
The tea on learning is all about how work is really a quest for self-worth and relevance, not a quest for productivity and knowledge. Continue Reading
Work
How could everyone’s feedback possibly matter?
Why would you listen to and care about the feedback of people who out-rank you if they’ve never shown they care about you at all? Continue Reading
Leaders only think about disruption in terms of tech. That’s a problem.
The way that decision-makers conceptualize disruption is inherently narrow, and that’s not so bueno. Continue Reading
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
What exactly is the point of a performance review, honestly?
They make no sense and largely don’t make employees better at their jobs. So why do they persist? Continue Reading
About 95% of deadlines can be adjusted
Deadlines are not nearly as intractable or set in stone as we think. Continue Reading
The calendar slave problem
There are ways around this, and yet we still do it too much. Continue Reading
“Wishful thinking rather than accurate self-assessment”
Self-awareness is not at scale, and it might be regressing. Continue Reading