Meaning, work, and meaning at work
Sometimes work is boring. Sometimes it’s small. Often it’s infuriating. And maybe a job is just a job. Yet none of those...
26 May, 2021at work
insights, musings and other stuff about work
Work differently.
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Manage your enemies?
Do we have enemies? No, we have have foils – people who put our best qualities and our most embarrassing in stark relief...
11 May, 2021 -
On leverage
What I learned from my 90-year-old grandma and a 70-year-old nun about leverage....
21 April, 2021 -
When things feel like a drag (and what to do)
The problem with resistance is we don't notice it until it’s not there. Well, we notice it, but ignore it. And we we pus...
30 March, 2021 -
Keeping cool with very difficult people
I once worked with a man named Charlie, who was senior to me and did not suffer from low self-esteem....
21 March, 2021 -
A story about a guy who was irritated with his boss
Josh had ambitious strategies and goals. But he kept getting sidetracked by intense irritation with his boss....
14 March, 2021 -
Never reason with a bully
On a good day, our boss was a bully. But she taught me a valuable lesson: never reason with a bully....
09 March, 2021 -
We have left the comfort zone
We all have stories where one piece of knowledge connects with another, allowing us to do hard new things. Things outsid...
01 March, 2021 -
How to negotiate with anyone
How do we deal with unreasonable people in volatile situations? Negotiate. And we need really good tools....
09 February, 2021