
Follow This Principle - Establish Your Baselines
This episode introduces a profound yet simple principle: knowing your baselines. This concept is crucial for effectively detecting and measuring change in your life and career.Uncover the fundamental ...
5 Jun 20258min

Advice on Advice - Taking Everything with a Grain of Salt
This episode explores the complex landscape of receiving advice in your career, particularly during uncertain times. It offers insights on how to critically evaluate feedback and external information,...
22 Mai 202513min

Career Advice for Surviving AI Outsourcing
This episode addresses the fear surrounding industry changes, such as AI and potential outsourcing, and offers actionable advice for engineers, managers, and leaders to navigate these challenges. You'...
15 Mai 202513min

Take Back Your Time - Volatility, Pliability, and Agency and Your Obligations.mp3
This episode provides tactical ways to own your time, reduce meeting load and obligations, and regain agency, especially when feeling burnt out. You'll learn how to use a simple two-part model focusin...
1 Mai 202514min

Iteration or Target State Planning
This episode explores the dichotomy between iterative planning and target state planning in software development, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of each approach and providing decision factors ...
24 Apr 202515min

Three Principles of Preparedness - Mitigate Risks and Capitalize On Opportunities
This episode delves into practical principles for navigating the unexpected in your life and career. Rather than attempting to predict specific events, the focus is on cultivating resilience and optio...
17 Apr 202515min

Did I Get That Right? - A High Leverage Habit that Requires Virtually Zero Skill
This episode introduces a simple yet highly effective communication habit that can be adopted by anyone to significantly reduce the risk of misunderstandings and enhance connection. It explores how th...
11 Apr 202513min

Meta Models - Logarithmic Returns
This episode introduces a valuable meta-tool for understanding the generic shapes of models, focusing specifically on the concept of logarithmic relationships and how they manifest as diminishing retu...
2 Apr 202512min






















