Tag: leadership
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Hardened as Fuck
When in some places work meetings start with people introducing their preferable pronouns, in Israel we start with a briefing about the closest bomb shelter. When in other places people...
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Not a meeting – a ceremony 🥴
Not a meeting – a ceremony 🥴 The worst communication antipattern I’ve ever seen? A daily (or weekly) “sync” where 7–10 people go around reporting to the manager. One by...
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I don’t believe I need to say this in 2025 🙄
I don’t believe I need to say this in 2025 🙄 But here we go: group brainstorming doesn’t work. You gather 6–12 smart people, throw them in a room (or Zoom), say...
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Hardened as Fuck
Hardened as Fuck This war will be over. Maybe not in a week. Maybe not in a month. Maybe not in a year. But it will be over. And when...
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The value of a dedicated data science approach in HR
This document outlines why HR departments in large organizations benefit from a dedicated data science approach, highlighting impacts beyond recruitment. In short, my thesis is as follows: as organizations scale,...
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Not a feature but a bug. Why having only superstars in your team can be a disaster.
Read this to learn about well-rounded teams that can effectively collaborate and communicate. As an experienced team leader and builder, contact me to learn more about my services and how...
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Book review: Extreme ownership
TL;DR Own your wins, own your failures, stay calm and make decisions. Read it. 5/5 “Extreme ownership” is a book about leadership in business written by two ex-SEAL fighters. This...
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Book review: The Hard Things About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
TL;DR War stories and pieces of advice from the high tech industry veteran. I read this book following recomendations by Reem Sherman, the host of the excellent (!!!) podcast Geekonomy...
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The difference between statistically meaningful and practically meaningful. An interview with me
Recently, I gave an interview to the Techie Leadership site. Andrei Crudu, the interviewer, made a helpful outline of the conversation. I marked the most important parts in bold. Academic...