Rosemary Goodwin

“a systemic problem requires a comprehensive response.”

• Jane McManus

Writing forces structured thinking by:

• Clarifying ambiguous thoughts

• Revealing gaps in logic

• Uncovering hidden assumptions

• Creating permanent, transferable records

Find the most generous explanation for each other’s behavior and believe it.

When you stop anticipating what your desired audience wants and fully embrace what is most true within you, the best work so often emerges. So maybe this is recommendation no. 1 - a reminder more than anything else that when you do it for you, it is for them.

The secret is not to chase butterflies, but to take care of the garden so they'll come to you.

“You can’t write differently, even if you want to. You just have to be able to notice when you are boring yourself.”

—Adam Phillips

Time and time again, I am reminded: Everything takes longer than you think.

This is why, if you’re doing something new, you should:

Build in buffers.

Build in time to get into flow.

Build in time to think.

Build in time to discover unknown unknowns.

Build in time to learn.

Build in time to recuperate.

Build in time to troubleshoot.

“The knee-jerk reaction is that women don’t bring in as much money as the men and if they did, they wouldn’t be second-class citizens. Yet consider a counter-narrative: during the 55-year history of the sport’s modern era, if women had received the same exposure and investment as men and didn’t have to confront countless barriers and aggressions, m

Instead of avoiding metrics, organizations should use multiple balanced metrics, combine them with qualitative measures, and maintain healthy skepticism.

Effective metric use requires continuous evaluation, adaptation to changing circumstances, and fostering a culture that questions and improves metrics.

Metrics are like “powerful drugs” — dangerous