Writing
Most of what's here is filed under business. It isn't really about business.
It's about the same question showing up in different places:
What's actually happening—and what does that require?
Sometimes that's a company. Sometimes a career. Sometimes a decision about how to live.
Business is simply where getting the answer wrong becomes expensive fastest.
Featured essay
Candidates have gotten skeptical of employers, and everyone's calling it entitlement. It isn't. It's people doing risk math after watching companies discard loyal employees.
The companies that win the next few years won't be the ones with the best culture pitch. They'll be the ones with the clearest terms.
Read the essay ↗On business and organizations
Headcount grew. So why is the company still slow?
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The thing that got you here can be the exact thing keeping you from what's next.
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Doing ten different things to fix the problem feels productive. It rarely is.
↗On the person underneath the work
Not every struggle is a character problem. Some of it is the room you're standing in.
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Not motivation. Not grit as a personality trait. Something closer to just never stopping.
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There's a point where working harder is the wrong move. Most people blow past it without noticing.
↗Publications
Long-form essays and deeper explorations. Everything above lives here for now.
Visit Chaos & Cadence ↗Bring me the situation.