My Journey Back to Flip Phones: Finding the Perfect Balance
A two-year experiment in digital minimalism, from $20 flip phones to the perfect modern solution
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Career Ladders Won't Get You Promoted
Usually they're only used to prevent promotion. What to do instead?
Read More →Book Brief - 9 Lies About Work
Labeling 9 concepts as "lies", Marcus and Ashley declare an intention to dress down systems you have come to expect from organizations. Reviews, planning, goals, culture, leadership etc. But, as with many books on leadership, the truth about these lies is found in the nuance.
Read More →The Eroding Effect of Labeling Others as "Blockers"
How to actually break through impediments without being a jerk.
Read More →Book Club 2018 Highlights
The top leadership books from Manager Book Club 2018
Read More →OKRs: A Metric System for Leaders not Liters
How to tie what you to all day to organizational success.
Read More →“Show And Tell Demos” in the World of DevOps
Operations work can be hard to view with an agile lens. Work can be very interrupt-driven which makes it difficult to demo regularly relative to more project-oriented work. So we started weekly Show and Tell.
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