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My experience is that employees are on average only 30% utilized
Previous to WFH they hid this. But now if they're remote... they are starting side hustles, working 2nd jobs, etc.
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Are you a good manager? And why?
This is a favorite question of mine for candidates that I interview who are going to have to manage some people. Why? Because most people answer it…
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Sam Altman's little notepad
The thing that Wade Foster (CEO of Zapier) remembered most about Sam Altman during his time in YC together back in 2012 was that Sam was an efficiency…
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August 2023

What does the ultra popular series "Succession" teach us about corporate culture?
I just recently finished the series and loved it. But the politics involved made me wanna barf.
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I'm not a fan of "Project Managers" in tech. This is why.
I've seen at least 3 tech org's with "Project managers" and probably 15+ without. The ones that had them were the slowest to get things out and least…
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A tale of two managers: Old School vs. New School
Manager #1 sends a big email summary with a list of action items vs. Manager #2 creates a list of 20 tasks in Clickup. Who wins?
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Good process & systems can eliminate 90%+ of meetings
This is not me looking into a glass ball.. this is me concluding this based on the way i've actually worked the past couple years
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I predict "Vertical working" will become a massive thing in the future
Imagine spending your day working the way you scroll through your Linkedin Newsfeed. You get updates, comment on them, create new tasks, etc.
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July 2023

My initial goal with any team is to first achieve "clockwork"
Startups for example almost always throw out most of what they did initially because they changed focus. So far better in my view to focus on getting…
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You can tell how disorganized a company is by how much they use Slack
95% of conversations/threads should be within a project management system like Clickup... and not on Slack
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How to multi-task better than 99.99% of people out there
In my 20+ year career working with thousands of people at top org's like BCG, Groupon, Lazada, etc I can only remember 2 people that I think were as…
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The SQV Framework to Team Effectiveness
Structure + Quality + Velocity
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