Back in 2017 Roy Rapoport wrote “The Five Conditions for Improvement”, talking about the conditions necessary for an employee to fix a performance problem. I think he came up with a great framework for helping people improve, but what really keeps me coming back, over and over again, is how applicable it is in larger contexts. I think what Roy really described were the five conditions necessary for any entity to improve. And that includes organizational entities.| Another Rodeo
Lots of people dislike meetings, with good reason: Meetings interrupt. They take time. They steal focus.†| Another Rodeo
Many years ago, armed with little more than a crude word processor and a take-on-the-world attitude, I embarked on a quest to become A Great Journalist. Day after day I fell bleary-eyed into early-morning classes, seeking knowledge. My words were going to make a difference.| Another Rodeo
I’ve heard it a thousand times from a thousand engineers: “I don’t want to be a manager.” A lot of senior engineers think this, but I’m not sure many of them understand what it will mean to them and their career. Here it is:| Another Rodeo
We’re now just a bit over two years into the AI revolution. The chorus of hype and promises — both empty and real — remains deafening. The capabilities of AI increase every day. Yet right now, the most impressive thing about AI may be how quickly we’ve trained our primitive monkey brains to recognize how incredibly boring it is.| Another Rodeo
What we care about costs us.| another.rodeo