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Big Companies Don’t Get Slower Because They Become Stupid Designing processes and software to scale is expensive but necessary. I'll walk through why scaling...
2nd Mar 2026
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Big Companies Don’t Get Slower Because They Become Stupid

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2nd Mar 2026
Designing processes and software to scale is expensive but necessary. I'll walk through why scaling by definition (basically always) leads to a loss of agility.
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager...
5th Jan 2026
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You’re Not “Letting People Go”—You're Firing Them

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5th Jan 2026
Getting past the euphemisms - this is what “performance management” looks like from the manager chair.
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Confidence: A Legal Performance-Enhancing Drug for the Office. 7 Manipulation Tips for Winners. You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others...
1st Dec 2025
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Confidence: A Legal Performance-Enhancing Drug for the Office. 7 Manipulation Tips for Winners.

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1st Dec 2025
You don’t need permission to lead. You just need to look, sound, and act like a person others instinctively follow. Because, yes, we're all sheep.
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If Your System Never Fails, That’s the Real Failure Investments in operations should be at a minimal level that maintains the systems in an acceptable...
3rd Nov 2025
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If Your System Never Fails, That’s the Real Failure

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3rd Nov 2025
Investments in operations should be at a minimal level that maintains the systems in an acceptable state forever. Poor operations are clearly bad news. But perfect operations are a waste of money.
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4 Problems Managers Run Into - and Practical Solutions The management job comes with interesting people challenges. Here are four I've run into more than a...
6th Oct 2025
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4 Problems Managers Run Into - and Practical Solutions

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6th Oct 2025
The management job comes with interesting people challenges. Here are four I've run into more than a few times and what to do when they land in your lap.
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Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and... Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen,...
7th Jul 2025
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Wishing for a Better Outcome Isn't a Mechanism. The COE Approach to Continual Improvement and Avoiding Blame.

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7th Jul 2025
Focus on what you can control, and move past your narrow focus on outcomes. When mistakes happen, the right question is: Why did your system allow it? How could you have influenced that result?
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The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which...
23rd Jun 2025
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The Hidden Cost of Process: A Guide for Tech Leaders

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23rd Jun 2025
Building processes is a mechanism for resolving issues fully. But they're also bottlenecks which slow your organization down. How do you navigate this conundrum?
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How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and...
5th May 2025
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How to Both Embrace and Defeat Imposter Syndrome

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5th May 2025
Our skills aren't perfect. Moving past our weaknesses is how we discover our ways to add value, and improve along the way.
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The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify Removing things is often just as complex as adding things. It is a way to add value which is often...
3rd Mar 2025
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The Art of Simplification: Why We (over) Build When We Should Simplify

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3rd Mar 2025
Removing things is often just as complex as adding things. It is a way to add value which is often overlooked.
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From Star Employee to Struggling Leader — A Simple Explanation of Your Manager's Incompetence No manager wants to be a terrible boss. Yet even with the best of intentions, it's hard to avoid...
2nd Feb 2025
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From Star Employee to Struggling Leader — A Simple Explanation of Your Manager's Incompetence

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2nd Feb 2025
No manager wants to be a terrible boss. Yet even with the best of intentions, it's hard to avoid being at least moderately incompetent.
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