Which is more important? To be a manager? Or to be a leader?
When I Saw the Future
Many years ago I caught a glimpse of the future. Will my solution then work now?
The Crying Park
I was thinking this week about a park near my office, which also happens to be near a different office where I worked for many years. It's just far enough away from both of these offices that it has sometimes become a place of retreat when my emotions at work became overwhelming. People have often …
The Furies
One by one, they file into the darkened chamber. Their feet don’t make a sound. Down the hallowed halls, Through the locked doors, Into our heart. Small children, single file, With a solemnity unnatural in kids their age. Teenagers without chips on their shoulders. Young parents, young teachers, young mothers Who found themselves in the …
Organizational Debt: It’s Not Just for Start-Ups
Back in the dark ages before 2019, I read a great blog post by Stanford Professor, Steve Blank, about Organizational Debt. Organizational Debt includes, as Blank put it, “all the people/culture compromises made to ‘just get it done’”. This includes taking shortcuts in organizational design, such as how you structure and reward your teams. How you communicate …
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