Steve Jobs: Asking for help is a superpower

There are tons of blogs by exceptional CTOs/engineers you probably have not heard of. They are super nerdy and beautiful. Here are 20 you should be reading:

Don't scale agile. Descale the work and organisation instead. One of the best books on building an agile organisation is not what you'd expect. But 'Team of Teams' is a bible for building a resilient and adaptive organisation. Here's serveral enablers from the book 👇 /1

Shortly after Steve Jobs returned as the CEO of Apple in 1997, he met with Jony Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of industrial design. Apple had 40 products on the market. “Jony, how many things have you said no to?” Jobs asked. Ive was confused. “You have to understand,” Jobs said,

Public service announcement for managers and coaches: you can't judge effort by results. Inconsistent performance doesn't mean people aren't trying their best. It often means they're doing their best in the face of turbulence. In humans, variability is a feature, not a bug.

In 2009, Stanford business professor Tina Seelig split her class into groups and issued a challenge: Each group had $5 and 2 hours to make the highest return on the initial money. At the end, they'd give a short presentation on their strategy. The results were fascinating...

These researchers examined assessments of 87,000 leaders to learn more about what makes employees trust their managers. hbr.org/2019/02/the-3-…

Vittorio Bertocci was a force to be reckoned with, leaving an indelible mark on the identity industry and capturing hearts along the way. Unforgettable. Remarkable. Impactful. 💙 auth0.com/blog/in-celebr…

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.” Coach replied,

During organizational change, learn about your team’s specific fears and acknowledge them openly. hbr.org/2018/12/the-se…

Was once again defrauded by StubHub for Sabrina Carpenter concert tomorrow in SF. So sorry to my 14yo birthday girl who can’t go now. Do better - Never again