What are you doing to recreate the virtual watercooler?
Category: Problem Solving
Stop Feeding the Demon
Feeling overwhelmed with bad feelings? Do something good for someone else.
When I Saw the Future
Many years ago I caught a glimpse of the future. Will my solution then work now?
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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Do Less
I look back on some of my early work as manager and laugh at myself. I, like many people, am able to look at something and see potential for greatness. And so, when I was young, I was pushed myself and others to keep making things better and better, often pushing boundaries far beyond where …
