Newsletter
June 2022 - on the paradox of objectives, bias in performance reviews, and figuring out what you think
Showing appreciation is an art, not a science
Latest
Newsletter
May 2022 - on hiring for cultural fit, equal pay, myths about work culture, and admitting when you're wrong
All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone
Newsletter
April 2022 - brilliance is overrated, tours of duty, being connected at work, and meeting doomsday
To know only your own side of the case is to know little indeed
Newsletter
March 2022 - quality jobs, bullshit jobs, the so-called great resignation, and what managers can do about it
the recurring slap: March 15 was Equal Pay day
Ling- English
The idea that you are successful because you are hardworking is pernicious... and wrong
Minouche Shafik in The Guardian: While she has come a long way from her Egyptian birthplace, her questioning of privilege has remained consistent. “The idea that you are successful because you are smart and hardworking is pernicious and wrong, because it means everyone who is unsuccessful is stupid and lazy,
Ling- English
March 15 is Equal Pay Day
March 15 is Equal Pay Day in the USA. The date is chosen to show how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.
Ling- English
Workers need employer-provided training and they aren’t getting it
Results from a survey of 3,600 U.S. workers conducted by MIT professor Paul Osterman in early 2020: * White workers, college-educated workers, and standard workers received more formal and informal training than non-white workers, less educated workers, and those employed on a contract or freelance basis; * Less
Newsletter
February 2022 - toxic culture, boosting retention, FOMO, and employees thinking like owners
Dialogue or violence. There is no in-between
Business Communication
Communication is a process by which all parties make themselves co-responsible for the creation of a shared understanding
We are a few days into the invasion of a sovereign country by another sovereign country… and the senseless deaths that ensue. I’m not one for pronouncements but if we can learn anything from history it is this: if we don’t discuss our differences, if we don’t
Ling- English
the evolution of the soul
In an exquisite case of synchrony, I happened to read this right after Vonnegut’s letter: I have always believed, always, even when I was a precocious little girl crying alone in my bed, that our purpose in this life is to experience everything we possibly can, to understand as
Ling- English
Kurt Vonnegut: a simple way to learn more about what's inside you
In 2006, a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond. And his response is magnificent: I thank you for your friendly letters. You sure know how to cheer up a really old geezer
Ling- English
Suggestions for 2022
Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they’ll turn out. You’re curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working