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From One-Way to Two-Way Doors: Rethinking How We Make Big Decisions
How to recognize the differences between one-way and two-way doors. A way to think about risk and decision-making.
Jun 9
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Dave Anderson
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Resolve Risk First - Why Complexity and Ambiguity Not Effort Should Dictate Your Focus
Too often we resolve the hardest work first, instead of the riskiest. A walk through of why that's a mistake.
May 12
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Dave Anderson
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Inside a High-Severity Outage: A Late Night Sev-2 at Amazon
A detailed narrative of how we communicated about, worked on, and resolved a technical mess we created.
Apr 28
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Dave Anderson
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Inside a High-Severity Outage: A Late Night Sev-2 at Amazon
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Writing and Speaking Clearly and Concisely - Upgrading Your Communication
Communicating takes practice and skill. Learn the ingredients to high-quality communication.
Apr 7
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Dave Anderson
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Failure is Necessary for Achievement and Growth — Why Success is Dangerous for Learning
You can only succeed if you are willing to fail. You can only learn if you are willing to be terrible at first.
Feb 10
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Dave Anderson
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Failure is Necessary for Achievement and Growth — Why Success is Dangerous for Learning
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You Can't Schedule Creativity: Putting Inspiration Into Your Outlook Calendar
Creation can't be forced, but it can certainly be encouraged gently.
Jan 27
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Dave Anderson
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You Can't Schedule Creativity: Putting Inspiration Into Your Outlook Calendar
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Start With Your Vision — Not With Goals. Measure What Really Matters.
Goals Without Vision Are Worse Than Useless. They can lead you in an expensive wrong direction.
Dec 22, 2024
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Dave Anderson
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Start With Your Vision — Not With Goals. Measure What Really Matters.
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Don't Let Others Run Your Life — Cut Your Schedule Like a Slasher Movie
If you don't make hard choices to focus on your top priorities, then you're choosing to fail at your top priorities.
Dec 16, 2024
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Dave Anderson
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A Three Topic Article — Interviewing, Multiple Choice Management, and My Holiday Gift Guide
Sometimes you have a single topic, sometimes you have three. Today is a 3-fer.
Nov 11, 2024
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Dave Anderson
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A Three Topic Article — Interviewing, Multiple Choice Management, and My Holiday Gift Guide
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Six Reader Questions About Meetings, Feedback, Communication, and Ideas
I regularly receive questions over email and in comments on my newsletter. I decided to answer a few of them in detail.
Aug 19, 2024
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Dave Anderson
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Changing How Others Perceive You. Most Importantly, Those Who Dislike You.
If you've found yourself on someone's bad side, what strategies can you use to turn things around?
Jun 3, 2024
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Dave Anderson
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Reckless Bias for Action — A Tale of Immaturity and Impatience
Bias for Action has long been one of my favorite leadership principles. Not just because it's a critical leadership skill, but because I'm quite…
May 13, 2024
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