On What Your Culture Really Says
There’s an excellent rant on startup culture making the rounds called What Your Culture Really Says (archive link)by Shanley Kane.…
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How do you hire for culture?
Bob Sutton wrote bravely about the No Asshole Rule, and how talent should never excuse destructive behavior. It’s a…
How many people really work from home? (research summary)
By Shawn Prenzlow A few weeks ago, Scott hired me to help with research for his upcoming book. The…
Announcing guest posts by Shawn Prenzlow
A few weeks ago I put out a call for a research assistant for the new book about my…
Used copies of Mindfire selling for $300+
I’m happy to announce that Mindfire 1.1 will be here shortly. Over 150 minor corrections have been made, making…
Two ways to write: with your gut or with your head
An amazing comment from Charley Daveler on my post How to Write a Book: You can tackle a book…
The Redemption of Jonah Lehrer?
Twitter is aflutter today with talk of Jonah Lehrer, the (in)famous young author caught fabricating quotes, about his recent…
Advice for speakers bored with their own material
A basic rule offered in Confessions of a Public Speaker is to pick material you care deeply about, since…
Meet me in Dublin next week
I’ll be in Ireland next week, giving the Keynote at the Technology at Work conference organized by Invest NI.…
Why you should pick your own boss
Ty Clark asked me for advice on job seeking: The best advice I’ve ever heard about picking a job…
How to learn from a nuclear missile
One great way to learn is to study a field you know little about. By becoming a tourist, a…
Research assistant wanted
[Update: This position is closed. Do not apply. Thanks] I’m hiring a research assistant to help with my current…
How to revise a first draft
The only faith a writer needs to have is in the next draft. The quality of any draft does…
What rules do good friends follow? (thoughts wanted)
I’ve been thinking about friendships and why some last and others fade away. It seems there is an unwritten…
Learning about management from open source projects
In the course of working on the new book about my time working for WordPress.com, I’ve been reading various books…
The Meaningful is greater than the Improbable
In Kevin Kelly’s recent article The Improbable is the New Normal, he points out how we can now see amazing…
How to Run a Good Workshop
Workshops are hopeful things. They’re sold on so much promise, but that promise is often dashed as students discover…
You are not what you measure
On the day you die, what will your friends and family remember about who you were? At work, they…
Damp garbage and the writing process
John Steinbeck, in Writers at Work, recounts a fictional dialog with a publisher, illustrating the gauntlet of publishing a book.…
How To Write A Good Bio
Many good people write bad bios for themselves. Anyone asking you for a bio, or reading it, wants you…