satire and sharper arguments. some of it is meant to sting. read it as that.
i've worked with founders, innovators, managers and whole teams — the visionary ones and the ones who just had the title. this is what each of them taught me to do, and what they taught me never to do again.
spoon vs fork. two leaders, same title, opposite gravity.
charming, visionary, unreachable when it's hard.
he calls it 50/50. you do the 90.
you felt chosen. you were sourced.
control, in the costume of standards.
charisma is a wide shot. character is a close-up.
a bestiary of the family-run startup.
the captured institution's playbook.
squid game, but it's your quarterly review.
seven drinks your workplace keeps pouring.
the bear, but it's your startup.
synecdoche, but it's your startup.
you told the truth. two doors now.
how to build a car when you're not sure it's a car.