Aristocracy / Meritocracy; or, Beda Kumis*
Aristocracy originally meant “the rule of the best”, with connotations of virtue and competence. It sounds like a good way to run a society, depending… Read More »Aristocracy / Meritocracy; or, Beda Kumis*
leadership
Whose timeline?
Some people (you?) get an enormous amount done without any kind of timeline or plan. If the timeline was up to other people there would… Read More »Whose timeline?
Every Man Will Be a King; or, Sovereignty
The Wretched Do you hear the people sing?Singing a song of angry men?It is the music of a peopleWho will not be slaves again!When the… Read More »Every Man Will Be a King; or, Sovereignty
A Hole in the Heart
Your organisation can live for a long time with deep cultural problems: broken attitudes to people, to the work, to the people you’re trying to… Read More »A Hole in the Heart
Aeroplane; or, Business and Pleasure
I like pleasure spiked with painAnd music is my aeroplaneIt’s my aeroplaneSongbird sweet and sour JaneAnd music is my aeroplaneIt’s my aeroplane Red Hot Chili… Read More »Aeroplane; or, Business and Pleasure
When you come to our event (2): bonus disc
For those who came in late… Start here… How could I forget? It (almost) goes without saying that the event will start well… … but… Read More »When you come to our event (2): bonus disc
When you come to our event…
… assuming that you are the sort of person that likes this sort of thing, then: It will be for you and not for us*… Read More »When you come to our event…
Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Yesterday’s post lead me to this piece from Ben Horowitz about the idea of task relevant maturity, an idea he lifted from Andy Grove: Everyone… Read More »Ben Horowitz on task-relevant maturity and micromanagement
Your job as a manager
… is to help everyone else to be productive. There are levels to this. Ideally, your colleagues will identify what needs to be done and… Read More »Your job as a manager
“What do you want me to do?”
I was struck by Charles Severance saying that computers are really just little machines that are waiting for us to tell them what we want… Read More »“What do you want me to do?”