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Pre-Mortems and the Burden of Knowledge
April 3, 2026
Brene Brown and Adam Grant have a new podcast called the Curiosity Shop. It's great. If you have to choose between reading whatever I'm about to say or...
So What Do We Do About It?
March 28, 2026
So in my last post, I got pretty ranty. I just wanted to get some thoughts out; it'd been a minute. But I got some really good feedback that elicited both a...
The World Is Still Exhausting
March 17, 2026
One of the things that I say a lot at work is "well of course that was the outcome, look at the incentive structure we created!" And as I stare into the...
On Accountability and Shared Realities
March 6, 2026
I used to have a really good idea of what I was doing here and why. It started as "here are some stories from my career that have illustrated the need for...
It's a bird! It's a plane! ... It's a Blog!
February 27, 2026
I'm still getting the hang of this independent web site world, and of course pushed this post before I'd added all your emails into my workflow! If you love...
It's a bird! It's a plane! ... It's a Blog!
February 27, 2026
Well, here I go again. In my last post, I explained why I moved off of Substack. In this post... I don't really know what to do lol. A part of me thinks...
My last substack post
February 24, 2026
But not the last Empathetic Engineering!
I'm Back
February 13, 2026
On Muscle Memory and Being Brave
The World is Exhausting
January 22, 2026
Evidenced by my lack of posting lol
Maintaining Focus Feels Impossible
Premium post · January 8, 2026
It sucks.
We Over Complicate What We Don't Understand
January 6, 2026
... or how I learned to stop worrying and listen instead of talking.
Good Riddance 2025
December 18, 2025
If only we hardly knew ye
You Can't Handle The Truth
December 16, 2025
And The Impact of Rob Reiner on My Life
The Value of Saying No
Premium post · December 11, 2025
Or, even better: I Don't Know!
I don't feel like writing
December 9, 2025
So today, you're just getting... *thoughts*
A Pivot? In this Economy?
Premium post · December 4, 2025
Success Definitions are Changing and it's Wreaking Havoc
Yet another AI post
December 2, 2025
This time... devoid of AI
On Being Thankful
November 25, 2025
And a lot of random existentialism lol
Return To Office Theater will continue...
Premium post · November 21, 2025
But not today!
Return to Office Theater
November 18, 2025
Mandates are Evidence of Leadership Incompetence, not Leadership Prowess
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