29
Aug
Comfortable Lies
Netflix asks managers one question: "Would you fight to keep this person?"
If no, they're gone.
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Latest
28
Aug
Managing Physics
Andy Grove ran Intel.
He had one rule: "Disagree and commit."
Say your piece. Make your case.
Then
1 min read
27
Aug
Invisible Ladder
Valve says they have no managers.
Also, Gabe Newell runs Valve.
They have "cabals" instead—groups that form
26
Aug
Equal Illusion
"But shouldn't it be 50/50?"
No.
Ray Dalio built Bridgewater on total honesty. Anyone can
25
Aug
Breaking In
We all try to change our managers.
We think we can break them in like new shoes.
Here's
1 min read
22
Aug
Poetry Doesn't Pay
You have 3 seconds.
That's how long your prospect gives your message before their brain decides: stay or
1 min read
21
Aug
Clarity Without Chains
Most managers give their teams GPS coordinates, detailed playbooks, and somehow… paralysis.
Then I learned about Commander's Intent—
1 min read
20
Aug
Selling Air Time
Picture this: It's 1962, and someone at Rolls-Royce is about to propose the stupidest idea in aerospace history.
1 min read
19
Aug
The Gorilla Blindness
Multitasking is a lie we tell ourselves.
Harvard radiologists were asked to spot lung cancer in CT scans. They'
1 min read
18
Aug
The cure became the disease.
Slack was supposed to save us from email.
Instead, it broke our focus.
Email had boundaries—you checked it, then