This is a collection of ideas, patterns, mental models, etc. that have been useful to me. Hopefully some can benefit you, as well.

(Unlinked posts haven’t been written yet. Contact me if I you are interested in one, so I can prioritize it. Many of these will be renamed as they are written.)

  • Me and We Contributions
  • Three Directions of Org Design
  • Good Criticism
  • Stop Looking Under the Streetlight
  • Subtractive Thinking
  • Invested Effort and Value Derived
  • Stand for Something
  • Stop the Bleeding
  • Known vs. Unknown Risk
  • Shift Left
  • Restoration vs. Revenge
  • Candor, Care, Confrontation, Conflict
  • Useful Feedback
  • Make the Solver Responsible
  • Operating Principles
  • One Thing Well
  • Accurate Diagnosis in Strategy
  • Red Folder
  • What Cybersecurity Should Not Own
  • Scope Reduction as First Step
  • Curiosity vs. Judgment
  • Rules Mastery, History Understanding
  • Assume Good Intent
  • Never Meet in a Crisis
  • Changing the Temperature
  • Keep a “Cheer Up” File
  • Strengths Over Criticism
  • Use Reflection Questions for Active Priming
  • Force-Ranked Prioritized Lists
  • Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Communication
  • Some Things Should Not Be Efficient or Frictionless