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Staying Technical

Over at the Rands Leadership Slack, there’s a #ask-rands-anything channel and sometimes I just crush it in terms of answers. A member asked me about why I remain technical as a senior leader: The mistake I made was thinking part of the job of growing as a manager/leader

Leadership Mantras in Progress

More reason to move briskly.

An Unreasonable New Year Investment

Happy New Year, Substack friends. It rained hard here last night. My New Year’s pieces tend to perform better than the rest of the year's work, probably because we have a fresh start perspective. Whatever I have to write tends to hit harder. I’ve been tinkering

The Business or the Contagion?

Hi Substack. Hope you are staying cool. I’ve posted a couple of significant pieces in the last week. The Contagion riffs on communication ideas I started to write about in How to Build a Rurmor. We, as a species, have wasted so much of our lives with crap information…

Terrified of Magic

I’m currently in one of those strange situations where I am writing a ton, and the timing is curious. I am furiously working on finishing the second edition of the second book and writing a talk for a conference in Switzerland where I’ve chosen (with zero pressure) to

Here Come the Robots

Thanks, universe!

The Poets and The Police.

This first article is about the version of the Police — The Worry Police. This article sat on the top of the pile for longer than expected because I wrote the first half first and thought I was done. That’s right, just worrying about the Worry Police. Pulled no punches.

Writing Hell

When it comes to starting, writing, and finishing an article, the process falls into one of three different paths: FAST AS HELL. This piece is written almost in one sitting, edited almost at the same time, and is likely posted within 24 hours. This happens but doesn't happen

In Early January, we reflect...

Happy New Year, I tend to find a good starting them for the year. The definitive post was The Builder’s High, an article that economically describes the same state I wrote about this year regarding focus. All the words are here: Your Best Work. In other Rands-related news, I

Happy Holidays

French Bulldog FTW!

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