Tag: leadership

  • Sensitive antennae

    Sensitive antennae

    In the excellent book Unreasonable Hospitality, there is a chapter about managing relationships called “Relationships are simple. Simple is hard.” I saw the title of this chapter and jumped to it right away. 😃 So often, we confuse things by saying something is complicated when it’s really just hard.

  • Take care of the weeds by watering the flowers

    Take care of the weeds by watering the flowers

    I’m not a people manager in my current role, but I have done my share of interviewing, hiring, and managing. I am always interested in learning different ways to think about the process. I came across five absolute gems on hiring and retaining great employees from a recent Tim Ferriss interview with Danny Meyer, the…

  • What I learned last week (#57)

    What I learned last week (#57)

    Learned last week: knowledge is a privilege to be shared, avoiding writers block, a source for premium sports writing, and more.