I’ve been noodling on how we all need to change the way we lead in a more hybrid world. And I keep coming back to “not everyone is the same kind of leader so not everyone has to follow the same playbook.”
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The hardest part of getting to a fully-automated Ops future and a quick look at how we tackle the problem today.
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Trying to apply some of the ideas in The Dawn of Everything to modern work life. The key word there— as you’ll soon see— is trying.
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Gandhi’s best quote isn’t his “be the change” quote. His best quote is actually about what happens when you do. “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
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The word promotion has come to mean doing a larger job, sitting in a larger seat. It does not mean doing the same job (better) for more money.
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Before the Edmund Pettus Bridge became a symbol of courage and hope, it was just a bridge. Similarly, your office is just an office.
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What does dignity have to do with a microservice architecture? A thread for product managers.
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We should prosecute every business myth. Why is each one so damn compelling and prone to be retold? What holes in our souls do they fill?
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If you’re feeling overwhelmed at work, let me save you the trouble of googling “how to deal with stress.”
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Here’s a hon-exhaustive list of why internal mobility needs a disruption and how we might make it happen.
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We *really* need to do more to even the playing field for kids and young adults everywhere.
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At some point (25 years from now), this younger generation– with a healthy sense of purpose and balance– will be in charge.
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How banks can make the Great Resignation less heartbreaking, less stressful, more human and equitable.
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Recommendations galore and an ask for more to read.
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Imagine a world that thinks that the answer to that structural embeddedness– that complexity– is entirely cultural. Imagine a world that thinks changing values and behaviors alone will get us different outcomes.
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Celebrating our “high performers” is recognition and gratitude 101. But calling that same group “high potential” shouldn’t sit well with any of us.
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Culture is what we do; the spirit in the machine; the secular, business equivalent to a soul. It’s pivotal to every company’s success.
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Repetitive, hollow practice is-- culturally-- a fake, forced smile. But before you dismiss it as anachronistic-- as a cynical corporate tactic to get more oomph out of employees-- think about endorphins.
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If you care about your “GPA” at work or in life....
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