Consultants suck, and I'm one of them. 🤡

Happy Friday!Yesterday, someone who almost never posts on LinkedIn posted an article from the CEO of a consultancy that a bunch of their former co-workers wound up in.The article was about transformation fatigue, and how lame consultants are part of...

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Feb 20, 2026
So what went wrong? An honest debrief of reko.day.

Happy Friday!This email is a bit different. I'm blending two groups, my consultant and reko.day groups.Let me first play a little catch-up in case you're saying, "What's reko.day?"reko.day is a start-up that I've created. It is an app that lets farme...

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Feb 13, 2026
Book Review: Profit First Accounting

Happy Friday!I'm going to share my thoughts on a book I read a while ago called Profit First."Whoa, you read books? How many pictures do they have?"Well, they're business books, so a few.I can't recall how I bumped into this book, but it was either m...

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Feb 06, 2026
The 5-Minute Rule

Happy Friday!I've worked with a lot of folks in different roles over the years, and I want to spend this email writing about project managers.And, I'm going to try and keep my usual snarkiness in check.I said "try."While most that I've worked with di...

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Jan 30, 2026
The story of the Mai Tai 🍹

Happy Friday,I'm about to get a lot of snow, and we live in an area that doesn't get a lot of snow. So, of course, my mind goes to something like wanting to talk about a lesser-known interest of mine: Tiki drinks.The Mai Tai is probably the most famo...

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Jan 23, 2026
I got dirt under my nails from my digital garden 🌱

Happy Friday!Well, things have been busy, but that is self-inflicted. One of those weird moments where I have something I'm really excited to work on, and so I'm running straight for it.Digital GardensThis is a really interesting idea that I bumped i...

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Jan 16, 2026
Top 3 Leadership Skills for 2026 🥸

Happy Friday!A new subscriber asked what I think the top 3 leadership skills to develop are in 2026. I think that is a perfectly good question. Since they are an engineering leader I'll nudge my answers in that direction.FacilitationI've gone on abou...

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Jan 09, 2026
Looking ahead to 2026

Happy Friday & Happy New Year!I don't often write predictions but I think a new year is as good a time to do that as many folks wonder what the future holds.I also don't really believe in new year's resolutions. They're a great way for folks to c...

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Jan 02, 2026
Adventures in Agentic Software Development 🏔️

Happy Friday!The holidays are approaching, and that means we're all busy with, well, everything.I know I am. I'm working hard on making a serious effort to get reko.day off the ground. In fact, I recently was at a conference for farmers and set up a...

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Dec 19, 2025