Career
Crisis decisions lead to unintended consequences
In a crisis, avoid reactionary decisions as much as possible, to reduce unintended consequences. The long term damage may be far worse than pausing a moment.
Life
Play and art are important at every age
We spend so much time focusing on achievement, financial success, wealth accumulation, and reputation, we often forget how to include play and art in our lives.
Career
Do not be afraid. Remote work and hybrid work are not new.
Thousands of businesses already have hybrid work forces, but leaders and consultants can’t stop clutching their pearls over how “hybrid” will change business.
Decisions
The best approach is the one you actually use
You can overpay for the best “solution” to your problem, but if you don’t use it, it’s worthless. The best approach is the one you actually use.
Courage
The death of a future story you’ve been telling yourself
We all tell ourselves stories about our future. Some are our own, and some are forced upon us. It’s always hard to go through the death of a future story.
Communication
Your perfectionism may be driving your employees to mediocrity. Don’t rewrite their work.
Your perfectionism may be driving your employees to mediocrity. Don’t rewrite their work.
Career
Don’t hire me to make your employees better at enduring a terrible workplace
Let’s stop patting people on the back for resilience when they’re in a system that’s designed to crush them. Let’s stop crushing them instead.
Career
If you’re quiet quitting, you are part of a long and honored tradition of choosing mediocrity
Quiet quitting has been around since the first boss held the first post-mortem after a failed mammoth hunt. Let’s talk about workforce dropouts instead.
Career
How being 100% certain of your own logic creates unnecessary workplace conflict, and what you can do about it
Unnecessary workplace conflict is often the result of people digging in to entrenched positions. Here’s how to disentrench and seek solutions.