This summer, I will give a talk at Agile 2025 on how we shape and are shaped by the systems we inhabit. For research on that talk, I have continued to investigate the concept of the transindividual. In this…

It is a common theme to hear from coaches that change isn’t good or bad; your mindset makes it what it is. These coaches then teach you to change your mindset to take advantage of any disruption as a…

There are two standard views about individuals and groups. The most common view is that individuals are primary. This is usually characterized by people thinking that to build the best teams, you need the best people (as if these…

It seems like everyone now has imposter syndrome. Or at least everyone who isn’t a psychopath. The traditional definition of imposter syndrome focuses on feeling like a fraud and questioning one’s own abilities to do what one is doing….

I will admit it: I am an AI skeptic. But that said, I recently spent some time building a project with AI, and I was impressed. Still, I believe some of AI’s promises are overstated. AI will continue to…

Can we learn anything about management from a German Philosophy text published over 200 years ago? I think we can, and I’m curious to hear your thoughts. One of the most read (in part because it is one of…

How do we make work better for everyone, even within the constraints of a capitalist system? In a previous newsletter, we looked at the notion of private government, the idea that when you work for a company, you are…

Apple TV’s show Severance has recently returned for its second season, and this seemed like a great time to write a longer and shorter piece, taking a look at that show and how it relates to work as we…