The Pandemic Was Office Culture and Middle Management's "God Is Dead" Moment
A few years ago, I got asked by someone why I don’t have an office. They were confused that
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Most "Creator Economy" Companies Just Want To Become The Amazon Of Creators' Content - And To Convince You That Your Creativity Isn't Labor
An excellent (and damning) piece by Kyle Chayka over at the New Yorker posited that the “creator economy” - the
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Clubhouse Is The Big Stinker That Nobody Wants To Talk About
Clubhouse, the voice app that lets you hear other people attempt to hold a conversation, is no longer invite-only, which
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People Want To Work, They Just Don't Want To Work For You
A classic thing that really specific people are writing at the moment is that people “don’t want to work.
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Apple's Anti-Remote Stance Is New, And All Part of Steve Jobs' Abusive, Vague and Cruel Management Culture
Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple, once said that “creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions…you run into
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The Remote Work Debate Is A Generational Class War For The Future of Work
A smart Twitter comment on yesterday’s Substack made a really good point about everything I’ve been writing about:
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Burnout Is The Latest Weapon Against Your Work From Home Future
I am so tired of hearing from executives about remote work. I don’t care if you’re a CEO
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The Burnout Conversation Is A Corporate Tool To Turn Your Suffering Into Marketing
A smart comment by Brian Souders on yesterday’s article made a really good point around the four-hour workweek -
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The Four Day Workweek Perception Problem
A series of trials have come to an end that have found that a four-day workweek would be a net
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The Church of American Startups and Capitalism
The website for the Lakewood Church makes a simple promise to would-be worshippers - that “the Bible says when you
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The World Is More Obvious Than We Want It To Be
In my podcast with my good friend David Ruddock (Mr. Podcast), we discussed the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”, a
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The Delusional Scam of the Self-Help Book Industry
Washington Post reporter Gene Park today quote-tweeted a truly exhausting thread of people’s business self-help books:
These books are
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