Resource: One on One with A and Z
Ben Horrowitz and Marc Andreessen are usually fun and full of useful ideas, and this three-hour (!) recording of two conversations they had on Clubhouse,… Read More »Resource: One on One with A and Z
teams
Resource: Katzenbach and Smith on improving team culture
You’ve probably thought about how important a strong team culture is to your organisation’s performance – and you’ve probably also experienced how hard it can… Read More »Resource: Katzenbach and Smith on improving team culture
Thoughts of the week (three for one)
Three things that have stood out to me this week: The huge importance of talking to people in general, and of talking to the right… Read More »Thoughts of the week (three for one)
Two walkers; or, Heads up
One toils uphill, bent over, eyes on the ground, wincing at every blister rubbed by every piece of gravel underfoot. They drink in gulps and… Read More »Two walkers; or, Heads up
Congratulations, you’re the legal department
Startups are (by necessity) filled with generalists; big companies are filled with specialists. People underestimate how effective a generalist can be at things which are… Read More »Congratulations, you’re the legal department
On (dis)agreeableness: Whose you?
Agreeableness is a personality trait manifesting itself in individual behavioral characteristics that are perceived as kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm, and considerate… People who score high… Read More »On (dis)agreeableness: Whose you?
The meeting as forcing function
For all their faults, meetings have virtue as a forcing function: Forcing you to complete tasks you committed to; Forcing you to feed back to… Read More »The meeting as forcing function
Good people
Good clients are those who you make better (because that’s what you’re there for), and who make you better in turn (because they ask for… Read More »Good people
Talking it through; or, The value of meetings
Meetings are rightly maligned as unproductive timesinks, but I’ve recently been reminded of the things you can gain by simply talking things through together with… Read More »Talking it through; or, The value of meetings
Patrick McKenzie on the hidden reserve of smart people
There is no hidden reserve of smart people who know what they’re doing, anywhere. Not in government, not in science, not in tech, not at… Read More »Patrick McKenzie on the hidden reserve of smart people