leadership
I've been recently enjoying several episodes from IDEO's Creative Confidence Podcast, including an interview with Bob Sutton regarding this research and book "The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder". Some highlights from that episode: * Bob
leadership
George Mack wrote an incredible, inspiring, convicting, amazing webpage long-form article High Agency in 30 Minutes in April of 2025. Here's what I wrote about it back then. A few weeks ago he posted this great follow-up 9 fun ways to increase your agency with zero grinding required
productivity
I recently started using the snipd podcast app, and it offers a few compelling features (along with solid queue/backlog management, which is a must-have for me). It offers: * AI transcription of podcasts, so you can easily copy and paste quotes from podcasts * Allows you so "snip" moments
lessons-learned
I recently listened to this great Creator Science podcast interview of author Daniel Pink about how to write like a NY Times bestselling author. One great point Dan makes in the interview is being intentional with which parts of your life you should be maximizing/optimizing, and which parts you
investing
I was at a professional event recently and met an incredibly successful person who was sharing some stories of his career journey. His path included twice losing obscene amounts of money, much more than most people make in their whole lives, and yet now being successful a third time. One
Organizational Culture
I've heard of the concept of mise en place, which is French for "putting in place" or "everything in it's place." While I'm not a culinary artist, I appreciate increasingly appreciate, as a parent of three young children, the importance
lessons-learned
Daniel Pink recently posted a great 10-minute video about finding your life's purpose with some great suggestions, several of which I haven't heard before:
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Ethan Mollick, in his recent Using AI Right Now: A Quick Guide, made a great point that GenAI newbies often miss that after you pick a GenAI platform (e.g., ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini), you should be intentional when you pick a specific model, based on your query. It&
miscellaneous
I'm a big fan of listening to audiobooks and podcasts, and struggle to find the time to read the articles and PDF docs I want to prioritize that aren't available in audio format. I recently found (thanks to a sponsorship on the Daring Fireball blog) a
leadership
I found this podcast interview with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky (the transcript is available here) fascinating on how he considers organizational design at the enterprise level. He makes the point that if an organization wants a single, fast-moving flywheel (a cohesive set of priorities), they should have a lean, functional
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
A few weeks ago, I attended UVA Venture Capital Conference, which was in UVA Darden's (their business school) beautiful building in Arlington, overlooking the DC skyline. The event was great, but the session that really stuck out to me was the Investing in AI session -- the panel
lessons-learned
I recently read a longform article High Agency In 30 Minutes by George Mack, which was an incredible ride! In a world of infintite entertainment, so much of it so tempating (see Cal Newport's concept of Ultra-Processed Content), Mack's article was an emotional rollercoaster with an