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"Just Looping You In" — The Passive-Aggressive Email Problem
The phrase “just looping you in” should come with a trigger warning in corporate environments. It’s corporate …
Read moreWhat Most Meetings Are Really About (And It's Not the Agenda)
There’s the agenda, and then there’s what’s actually happening.
The stated agenda might be “quarterly …
Read moreWhen Agile Becomes a Religion (And That's a Problem)
I worked at a company once where the product team was fanatic about Agile. Every standup was attended. Every retro was …
Read moreWhat Good Operations Actually Looks Like in a Remote-First Company
Good operations in a remote-first company is mostly invisible. You notice it by its absence. You’re not frantically Slacking …
Read moreThe Hidden Cost of Unclear Roles and Responsibilities
There’s a particular kind of dysfunction that sets in when nobody is quite sure who owns what. It’s not dramatic. …
Read moreThe Women Who Don't Help Other Women (And Why We Need to Talk About It)
There are women who will actively not help other women. They don’t mentor them. They don’t sponsor them. They compete …
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