Management & Leadership

Something that @jessepollak introduced to the @base team is "work zones," inspired by heart rate zones. It's been insanely helpful to clearly align the team, and balance the intensity of our work culture and sprints with important rest and recharge. As the year wraps up, the Base core... See more

Great framework to empower people. — Apprentice: learning how to do things — Qualified: doing things — Proven: doing things and making sure they are done well — Empowered: knowing what needs to be done

The difference between Amazon, Netflix, Google, Facebook, and the legions of large but slowly dying companies is usually exactly that: product leadership.

Here’s the other problem with Facebook and Twitter and even The New York Times. When you expose yourself to those things, especially in the constant way that people do now—older people as well as younger people—you are continuously bombarding yourself with a stream of other people’s thoughts. You are marinating yourself in the conventional wisdom.... See more