2025 Weeknote 44 : Resignations and reverberations

October 27 - November 2 My weeknotes capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, often focused on work, but with personal stuff, too. Learn more about weeknotes. Professional weeknotes There were 3 resignations this week, with 2 of them on my teams, including a team manager. Both of my resignations were career-trajectory-related, … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 44 : Resignations and reverberations

2025 Weeknote 38 : Orange phones all around

September 15 - 21 My weeknotes capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, often focused on work, but with personal stuff, too. Learn more about weeknotes. I'm headed out for a short vacation this coming week (starting Tuesday), so my next weeknote will be pretty short. But this one is pretty long, … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 38 : Orange phones all around

2025 Weeknote 29 : Can leaders be individual contributors? (Technically, yes. But try to avoid it.)

July 14 - 20 My weeknotes capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, often focused on work, but with home life stuff, too. Learn more about weeknotes here. Professional weeknotes Had a solid meeting with our legal folks this week and confirmed they are on board with making the case for brand … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 29 : Can leaders be individual contributors? (Technically, yes. But try to avoid it.)

2025 Weeknote 09 : Fire on the horizon

February 24 - March 2 My โ€œweeknotesโ€ capture events, thoughts, and other items from the past week, mostly focused on work. Learn more about the weeknotes concept here. Achievement Unlocked: One Year of Weeknotes I just realized at the last second, before publishing, that this release marks a complete year of publishing weeknotes every single … Continue reading 2025 Weeknote 09 : Fire on the horizon