Articles about change, work, and how to stay sane in a chaotic world.
Series · 32 articles
What does the AI era actually mean for organizations, managers, and careers? McKinsey, Gartner, BCG, GitHub, Deloitte - I read the research and wrote up what I found. No hype. Just the data.
Read the series →Every "yes" is a "no" to something else. An energy audit that changed how I manage my time.
The best AI model I've used doesn't rush to answer. It asks questions first. Sound familiar? That's what great managers do.
The hardest skill isn't learning. It's unlearning. And it pays more than any course.
It's never been more profitable to throw away what you know. The hardest part isn't learning something new - it's letting go of what made you successful.
Farmers have known for centuries. Athletes figured it out. Why do we still act like every week should look the same?
90% of the first version of my book ended up in the trash. That's the best thing that happened to it.
From 0 to $1.4B in 3 years. What their growth story teaches about building something that matters.
When team members are away, the team adapts. That's natural. But forgetting them? That's a management failure.
An AI version of you is coming. The question isn't whether to stop it — it's how to prepare.
We say we believe in equality. We say we care about fairness. But look at the numbers and the gap is staggering.
Cyera went from 50 to 1,000 people in two years. Here's what they figured out about culture at scale.
A company grew from 50 to 1,000 people in two years, multiplied revenue 26x, and still has 95% employee satisfaction. How?
Everyone's fighting over engineers. But there's a different bottleneck happening quietly in the background.
Your feed keeps pushing you to produce more. But the science of creativity says something different.
The secret ingredient between "good" and "excellent" — and why eliminating pressure entirely is the wrong goal.
Why didn't anyone teach us this? The expectation of constant full-capacity output is just a fantasy.
Why stopping might be the most productive thing you can do right now.
The contradiction between comfort culture and real achievement — and why discomfort is the path.
The gap between what we say we value and what we actually fund. $423 billion and a hard question.
Gil Bialik gave me a shot I never expected. Who gave you yours? And who are you giving one to?
Startups are building AI versions of you. The question: will yours get your raise?
Too serious = paralysis. Not serious enough = mediocrity. The sweet spot is harder to find than it sounds.
The Ikigai framework and the real question behind every career decision.
The difference between people who survive their careers and people who thrive in them.
Fear isn't a red flag. It's a compass. The problem is we're reading it backwards.
Start with an honest inventory, not a fantasy list. The gap between the two is everything.
Command-and-control is dead. What leadership actually looks like when it has to work.
The pause before reacting. The difference between feedback and attack. How to find the signal.
Staying open to feedback without losing yourself in it. The hardest part nobody talks about.
Why most organizations are terrible at feedback in both directions — and what to do about it.
When the inner critic is useful and when it's just running the same loop for nothing.
The physiology of being criticized, and how to override the response before it runs.
The question most people spend their whole career avoiding. Maybe it's time to ask it.
Not 'I'm afraid of failure' in general. What specifically are you afraid of?
The question is usually wrong. It's not about finding the right job — it's about knowing yourself.
Goals are checkboxes. Vision is a direction. Most people have one but not the other.
Professional masks have a hidden cost. And authenticity is more of a competitive advantage than people think.
Carrots and sticks stop working. What actually drives people for more than a quarter.
The difference between problems you can solve and problems you have to endure.
Intellectual openness compounds. Most other skills eventually become obsolete.
Multiple chapters instead of one long story. Why that's actually better.
Treat your career like a product you're iterating. Launch, learn, adjust.
The most valuable skill nobody teaches you — and why it compounds like nothing else.
The feedback loop has compressed. What used to take years, you can learn in months.
Concrete techniques: pause, separate, ask for specifics, sit with it, then respond.
Receiving feedback is a skill. Most people get worse at it over time. Here's how to stay good at it.
The most confident people are the best at receiving criticism. Not the worst.
The gap between hearing feedback and acting on it. Why good intentions aren't enough.
What 'meaningful work' actually means — and how to get there from where you are.
Careers that didn't exist 10 years ago. The ones emerging now. The lesson: the menu is bigger than you think.
When the career that looks good and the one that feels good diverge — how to reconcile them.
Start with an honest inventory, not a fantasy. The practical path to work that matters.
Not every job fits every person. How to assess fit honestly beyond compensation and title.
Optimize for interesting. Over time, it beats prestigious almost every time.
Staying power. Not just 'do I like it now?' but 'will I still care in 10 years?'
Skills, positioning, and timing. You can have two and still miss the third.
The startup mental model for your career. Why it unlocks decisions that feel stuck.
Why meaning has become a non-negotiable — especially for people under 40.
The thing so natural to you that it feels easy — while others find it genuinely hard.
The uncomfortable truth: fulfillment requires choosing. And most people don't.
Fear is the constant companion of meaningful work. Acting despite it — not after it leaves.
Product-market fit, MVPs, pivots. The mental model that makes career decisions clearer.
Half the skills you learned five years ago are already obsolete. Here's what to do about that.
Why career decisions are uniquely hard — and frameworks that make them less painful.
Don't bet everything on one move. Run small experiments first. The lean startup applied to career.
What adaptation means as a daily practice — not just a nice concept on a slide.
What happens when you stop trying to please everyone and start doing work that matters.
How the best artists turn crisis into their greatest work. And what we can learn from it.
The advice "never give up" is bad. Here's when you should.
How to hold two opposite ideas in your head at the same time (and why managers need this skill).
On skills, learning, and becoming the person your future self needs you to be.
It's not what you think. And it's simpler than you'd expect.
It's not your boss. It's not the economy. It's someone else entirely.
After 1000+ articles and 5 books, this is the one thing that matters most.
What nobody tells you about bringing something new into the world.
A decision-making framework for when you don't know which way to go.
The next evolution of humans is those who adapt faster. Are you evolving?
On AI, change, and what you need to do right now to stay relevant.