Work is a mess
Work is a mess. Fix one problem, and there’s another around the corner. Always. So let's manage expectations: it's going to get weirder. And messier....
13 July, 2020
Blog: at work
Manage your enemies?
Do we have enemies? No, we have have foils – people who put our best qualities and our most embarrassing in stark relief....
11 August, 2020
How to handle hecklers, even at work
A good comedian doesn’t wait to be heckled and hope for the best. No, they’re ready for it....
31 July, 2020
Go be great
Are we really OK being at the mercy of our political blindspots and personalities? The remedy is simpler than we expect. So let's go be great....
28 May, 2020
Three tricks to not bomb (at work)
Communicating is risky. But if it's easy to say, it’s easy to hear. Three tricks to make it easier to not bomb (at work)....
06 May, 2020
The other side of boredom
Boredom craves speed and novelty. It has an edge of impatience, sprinkled with hostility. But there's another side of boredom....
24 April, 2020
Just sharing
While I'd like to be more generous, I'd never measure that with any truthfulness. But how can I be less stingy?...
14 April, 2020
How do I stop touching my face?
How exactly do I stop doing this thing I do a thousand times a day? How do we unlearn, relearn and rethink…everything?...
06 April, 2020
Embrace the mess (yes, at work)
Embrace the mess? Yes, because momentum is way more interesting than organizational challenges....
01 January, 2020
audience of one
Have you ever wondered if the universe might be schooling you, but the circumstances were totally worth it?...
24 December, 2019