Take a chance on me
June 11, 2025
The opportunities that anyone could take, but no one is taking.
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Bring your slop to work day
May 28, 2025
It’s definitely giving some low-key asbestos vibes.
The switching costs aren’t that high
May 14, 2025
Is this what it means to work with a vendor these days?
20k of headache
April 30, 2025
If one more exec pastes one more link about workplace dips in productivity, the managers are going lose it.
The poser manifesto
April 16, 2025
We talk with people building amazing things all the time, from founders to interns, and none of them sound like this.
The enshittification of work
April 2, 2025
The froth has subsided. And in its wake, organizations have found some truly short-sighted approaches to labour.
Where are the people-pleasers?
March 19, 2025
The biggest issue for people-pleasing leaders isn’t that they need to be tougher. Or scream more. Or play a different boss on TV.
Run it like a business
March 5, 2025
You should have just said “run it badly.”
The heart of it
February 19, 2025
To be worthy of your time, work needs to have dignity, meaning, and impact.
Nothing about this is temporary
February 5, 2025
The thing you can’t do, even when the entire world is upside down, is freeze.
Apropos of everything
January 22, 2025
If we all show up with different ick, whose wins? How do we break ties?
What to do about time goblins
January 8, 2025
The core theory any time any organization hires anyone — employee, intern, contractor, law firm, outside agency — is leverage.
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