Swim Upstream or Float Downstream – Change Your Environment to Change Your Behavior
The situation controls your behavior. If you want to control your behaviors, look at changing your situation.
Stoicism is Not Just For Emperors and Hipsters
Staying calm in a crisis is a necessary component of leadership.
Why Large Companies are Inefficient, and Growth is Expensive
Designing processes and software to scale is expensive, but necessary. Why this inefficiency is inevitable.
Project Post-Mortem Meetings — It's About Process Improvement, Not Dead People
A Post-Mortem meeting is a review process for identifying organizational improvements on how to run projects.
Sex, Blood, and Newsletters — Lessons From the First 6 Months
Things I've learned or observed during the first 6 months of my newsletter.
5 Whys — A Proven Method to Analyze Root Cause
A great mechanism for understanding the underlying cause and effect of our systems and processes.
The Secrets of "Are Right, a Lot" - the Intriguing Amazon Leadership Principle About Not Always Being Right
Are Right, a Lot is more than just being correct frequently. It's about being open and interested in learning as well.
Interviewing at Amazon — Leadership Principles
An all encompassing summary about how to pass the Amazon leadership behavioral set of interviews, and get a job at Amazon.
Skip-level Meetings - How to Think Broader and Look Further
Look around corners by having valuable skip-level meetings. Understand where your organization is going in the long run.