I used to know my role. Clear lines. Defined responsibility. Stay in my lane. It made things predictable. It also made things slow. Now the lines don't …
Roles Blur, Contribution Sharpens
| | Filed Under: R7 - Don’t blame others |
Discernment Is the Work
| | Filed Under: R5 - Don’t be certain |
There was a time when ideas were scarce. Now they're everywhere. Good ones. Bad ones. Almost-right ones. All arriving at once. I don't struggle to …
Work Isn’t Working Anymore
| | Filed Under: R5 - Don’t be certain |
I can do more work than ever. Faster. Cleaner. More output in less time. It should feel like progress. Sometimes it does. More documents. More messages. More …
The Work Isn’t the Work Anymore
| | Filed Under: R8 - Don’t overproduce |
I used to know what the work was. Make the thing. Ship the thing. Improve the thing. There was a shape to it. A beginning. A middle. An end. Now it's …
Application vs Usage
| | Filed Under: R9 - Don’t wait on perfection |
Some words look interchangeable. Application and usage are two of them. Most of the time we treat them like synonyms. They aren't. Usage simply means …
The Story of We
| | Filed Under: R2 - Don’t take credit for grace |
The word "we" changes the room. Shrinks the space. It removes the distance between speaker and listener. When I say we, I'm no longer standing outside …
The Story of Us
| | Filed Under: R7 - Don’t blame others |
Somewhere in every interaction there is a change. It's subtle. The moment when the story stops being about you and becomes about us. Not proximity. …
The Story of You
| | Filed Under: R1 - Don’t be dishonest |
The word "you" shows up quickly in conversation. Usually right after something happens. You said this. You did that. You should have done something …
Pronoun Usage
| | Filed Under: R1 - Don’t be dishonest |
People are suddenly very serious about pronouns. How they're used. Which ones apply. What they signal. The conversation can get intense. Precise. …