The cost of poor meetings.

Happy FridayThere is a funny phenomenon that happens for me, so maybe it does for you tooโ€”the busier I get, the more inspired I get. It's like a cruel joke where I get excited to do something when I haven't got the time to deal with it.I'm adjusting...

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Aug 22, 2025
Do you know your rhythm?

Happy Friday,Sometimes, someone telling you about a book is better than reading it. Sometimes. In my case, several years ago, a Scrum Master had recently finished the book "When" by Daniel Pink and told me all about it, and his summary has stuck with...

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Aug 15, 2025
Little Rituals, Big Results ๐Ÿธ

Happy Friday,I'm a fan of rituals and habits. There is comfort in knowing that you have something reliable that works. The tough thing is building rituals and knowing that they're effective. So I'll give a few tried and tested examples here.Checklist...

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Aug 08, 2025
A Leadership Lesson from Beekeeping ๐Ÿ

Happy Friday,At the bottom of this newsletter is a link to one of my recent YouTube videos where I'm working on some hives. If you go to a channel, you'll see a very short follow-up video showing the aftermath.You can say a lot about what makes a gre...

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Jul 25, 2025
Take the step ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ

Happy Friday!My wife is returning to work after a 10-year break. She is a natural worrier and planner, so the task of getting a job was not easy for her mentally. Practically speaking, she got the first job she applied for.Her worry got bad enough th...

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Jul 18, 2025
Writing code isn't very productive

Happy Friday!Earlier this week I wrote a post that was seen by over 20,000 people. For me, that is viral. You can check out the original here. I basically pointed out that early in my career, I became convinced that writing code was the least respons...

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Jul 11, 2025