The trouble with Key Results

Posted on Sun 19 March 2023 in blog • Tagged with Work, Communications • 8 min read

Some thoughts sparked by a discussion on Mastodon.


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Brown M&Ms, UTC, and ISO 8601

Posted on Fri 10 February 2023 in blog • Tagged with Work • 4 min read

What have brown M&Ms got to do with date/time formats and mutual respect? More than you might think.


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Nebulous Percentage Shenanigans

Posted on Sat 15 October 2022 in blog • Tagged with Work, Communications • 8 min read

I recently learned that I am a “detractor” of things I actually quite like. Here are a few related things I also learned about in the process.


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Uncertainty, industrious compliance, and the illusion of control

Posted on Thu 29 September 2022 in blog • Tagged with Work, Communications • 6 min read

Why are so many managers obsessed with faux certainty in situations when objectively, there can’t be any?


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Something interesting happened at work the other week...

Posted on Sat 16 July 2022 in blog • Tagged with Work • 4 min read

My company’s CEO recently put out a well-written email update instead of calling an all-hands meeting. It was excellent.


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