Leadership

Thought, and other crimes

Martin Sheen and a romantic military trope explain corporate reality 1st Lieutenant Rowan spent eight days on horseback traversing the mountains of Cuba, though I like picturing him in the jungle | Credit: Mike Blank Harvard Business School graduates consider themselves extremely entitled. Or so the reputation goes. Yet the same is said of millennials or,…

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How to play product manager

A primer for the easiest job around (for those who don’t do it) Acting the Part | Credit: Kyle Head A conundrum I tell everyone that product management is common sense. Yet you probably need this guide to do it. Until you can reconcile this, you have much to learn. Step 1: Gird thyself Product management (PM) can…

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A brainstorming manifesto

Part one — in verse Photo by You X Ventures on Unsplash Manifesto scribbling probably comes naturally to some people. Like Luddite serial killers. But I have no idea how to write one. So I’ll start mine like a children’s story. Once there was a project called Bluefin, a code name for sure to keep truth in to thwart…

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Two different approaches to uncertainty.

Leprechauns make mayhem. Wizards make a raucous. Photo by Amy Reed on Unsplash Magically delicious. I mean, they’re frosted. So of course they’re going to be fucking delicious. But magical, too? Count this kid in. Fun fact: Lucky the Leprechaun has an alias. His drinking buddies supposedly call him “Sir Charms.” (That’s like believing that other people…

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ENOUGH: Flawed beauty and the portfolio model for hiring.

Eight. That’s how much is enough. When I was a kid, we swam in a pool with Dick Van Patten. Okay, that sounds weird. All of it. The then aging star from the hit TV show “Eight is Enough” was at a resort hotel at Disney World. He was there with his grandchildren. Round, tan, and…

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How to navigate the accuracy-precision dilemma

CUTS LIKE A KNIFE…HAND Photo by Jason Briscoe on Unsplash Karate Girl. She’s not a kid. She’s a girl. Who does karate. In the same way that there is an objective answer to the worst two hours of TV ever (Star Wars Holiday Special, 1978), there is a correct conclusion regarding the worst death scene in…

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