You’ve tried to get AI to push back on your ideas. It works for a while, then it folds, and you’re frustrated. But what if it’s doing exactly what you’ve been training your team to do? Most people have…
When you have become a director or VP at a tech company, you have probably realized a few things. This guide will give you a framework for understanding how (and when) to give feedback to your boss. It should…
After we completed the interviews, I was convinced that the new PM we were about to hire was an “A Player”; he had all the traits we were looking for. And so 6 months later, when things weren’t going…
What if your Sunday Scaries aren’t caused by the 4 meeting you have Monday morning, before you will even get to your email, the 47 Slack messages that are waiting in your inbox, or the PowerPoint you have to…
Leaders are constituted through structural relations and individual choice, but most conversations about management erase the structural half, treating it as pure individual agency based on individual traits. I want to talk about how we really become who we…
It has been nearly 6 months, but the newsletter is back. I am revising the newsletter’s focus a bit to make it more practical and useful for folks, but still keeping the philosophical edge. Please let me know what…
The recent rounds of layoffs, which have hit middle managers particularly hard, have raised an important question. 1 Do we even need middle managers anymore? On one side, companies have flattened their hierarchies, and the managers they retain are…
I have gotten some feedback that what I have been writing has been too dense and not actionable enough. This week, I am going to try something different. Please share your thoughts by replying to this email. I don’t…
