Everyone gets dignity before anyone gets rich
On CEO pay, living wages, and what a full-time job should make possible for the person who holds it.
Richard Brisebois
Walk me through it
On AI, authorship, and what we are really judging when we judge someone’s work.
No fingerprints
Lorne Michaels on producing a live show, and what it says about managing one.
September 2026: who's protected, who's paid, who's watching, and who's lonely
Nine pieces on how people read each other at work: colleagues across a room, teams watching managers, and the measure of a deal.
Our numbers, My recommendation
Managers say they get things done through people. Then someone on my team corrected our numbers in front of my boss.
You're Already a Philosopher. The Question Is Whether You Know It.
Every management decision rests on a belief about human nature, whether you've examined it or not.
Who stands behind this?
On AI, judgment, and who answers for it.
Newsletter
Last full month of summer ahead
I'm looking forward to Some travel, Some hiking, My toes in the sand, and You finding some sand of your own. In the meantime, expect a weekly delivery from the vault. I'll see you in September!
Beyond Management
Oliver Jones (1934–2026)
Ever since I can remember (I think it started with my father's 78s) I listened to the big bands. Duke. Basie. You'd learn the names of the sidemen, catch a solo, and then years later find those same musicians leading bands of their own. That'
Ling- English
The Year We're Still In
The prosperity we mourn as stolen was never the economy's natural state. It was a dividend paid out of a world in ruins. An essay on why we keep misreading the present, and what it means to see clearly where we actually stand.
Essays
The Free Man
It’s the World Cup and I couldn’t help myself. Football, the one where you actually hit the ball with your foot, is the only truly global game. Go anywhere in the world. Anywhere. And people are either playing it or talking about it. Dale Carnegie wrote a book
Essays
Managing from Ignorance
A Sonata in Three Movements