
An impact-based level system for engineering organizations

the local manager and the central administrator invested time in classifying the role of a third person, the actual worker, with a net value-added of zero for all of their efforts, which was actually nearly a net negative. How should a large organization classify its people? Or maybe the right question to ask is: should a large organization classif
... See moreTim Kane • Bleeding Talent: How the US Military Mismanages Great Leaders and Why It's Time for a Revolution
According to management consultant Elliott Jaques, the higher you go in an organization, the further out you need to think.
Daniel Casse • 3 Ways Our Brains Undermine Our Ability to Be a Good Leader

On one side, there are employees who think of the company like a job. They come in, they work hard, and they do their job. They are rational actors, and the value they add to the company, while valuable, scales linearly.
Sarah Tavel • The Mitochondria in Startups
As performance review season gets underway in many places now & through Q4, here’s a rough model to help you think about how you are perceived in almost every mid-sized to large company.
Your work is generally observed and perceived [0] by others along the following 3 dimensions:
1) Content: this is about the insights & ideas you have, the propos... See more