Category: work ethic
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Why “Your Best” Isn’t Enough—And What to Do Instead
We’re always being told to do our “best.” Realistically though, best is impossible. In business we’re chasing better because best…
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Case Study: How Seagate used OKRs to bring focus at a time of crisis
Seagate was facing an existential crisis and trusted OKRs to help them navigate their way out. How they did it…
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How to build a high-performance culture without culling the herd
The annual layoff cycle perpetuates only one thing – mediocrity. Here are 3 ways to break that cycle and build…
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How I got fired for offering to improve a product
Despite your best intentions, some stakeholders and clients just won’t want to hear how you might improve on their ideas.…
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Why is it so hard to admit there’s uncertainty in our work?
No matter how much technology improves to help us sense and respond we continue to run up against the risky…
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The Tyranny of Transparency
OKRs bring transparency to your organization that reveals where you were wrong. This is terrifying. How do we make it…
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Stop saying MVP
We’ve been using the phrase MVP for over a decade. It’s long lost its true intent. Let’s ditch it in…
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Case Study: How 3 startups built their customer discovery practice
3 startups share how they think about and execute customer research and the impact it’s had on their business
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Some products are mandated. They shouldn’t suck.
You’re going to work on projects that don’t make sense to you. This doesn’t mean your work should be of…
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Forget Agile. The goal is agility.
We are always going to make a plan. Inevitably parts of that plan are going to be wrong. What you…