mister secretary
A brief recounting of the power of the written word across my life and career. Leadership isn’t in a title, it’s in your words, and you should beware anyone suggesting you outsource them in the name of efficiency.
Tag: Strategy
governance retreats
It’s going to be especially important where your time, attention, and money goes over the next four years. These are a few areas I’m prioritizing.
strategic capacity
In a small & fast engineering team, it’s challenging to quantify work being done. There’s so much to do, and it’s difficult to categorize. How can you determine your capacity for addressing your strategic roadmap when stakeholders ask about it?
executive bullies
How does an executive bully operate in the workplace? Knowing the signs can help clarify your decisions and make the experience less traumatic.
the fight
As the power of the Web grew, we allowed that power to become concentrated in the hands of a very few. And unregulated power invariably corrupts, and corruption kills dreams.
escape delta
A moment of conceptual breathing room by putting forward a well-articulated, divergent view could save a ton of resources later.
intractable problems
Why do I think so much about how people interact online? We’re at a rare moment of a tectonic shift in one of the great mysteries of the world: human society.
black box
The greatest sin of any developer is thinking they are cleverer than the users of what they build. “I can guess what you want.” In truth, guessing what someone wants is far easier than helping them achieve what they actually want.
project folders
With only a week left until my new job begins, I’ve begun tidying my office and virtual desktop for a new day-to-day pattern.
mental models
Designing software that doesn’t account for human mental models is unethical. It gaslights people into thinking they’re incapable, and the domino effects of that are incalculable.