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I was always a cat person. Had a cat growing up and three since. I m allergic to cats, but that never stopped me. I ve always been fascinated by their agility, night vision and independence. Cats are cool. They have superpowers. They poop in sand, automatically. Cats are magic. I wasn t sure about dogs. The first
On Saturdays or Sundays it s hard to ignore the masses of SUVs gathering in stadium parking lots large monuments honoring America s lack of moderation where we over-feed ourselves with sodium-rich, fat-filled food and crappy beer at a four-hundred percent markup. Indeed, Sports looks like our modern day gladiator games. Sports is flawed, corrupt, greedy
Trust is the lifeblood of a team. It s the foundation of Lencioni s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Its absence, more than anything, is why teams struggle or fail. The absence of trust puts people into a particular state they tend to agree to decisions but not support them. To name a few examples:
I m starting my fourth week at Etsy and riding the train North to SF. I wanted to take a minute to talk about my first few weeks and what lies ahead. Plug: If you re interested in joining me, ping mmorgan at etsy or visit etsy.com/careers Etsy is a tribe In the Seth Godin sense of
tl;dr: know which principles matter to your team, and pursue them ruthlessly in engineering candidates. You’ve probably heard this before: Hire good people and get out of their way. Problem is: hiring is hard because “good“ is so subjective. If you put principles at the center of your hiring process, “good” becomes less subjective. It
I ve taken a lot of photos over the past years about 60,000. One of the cool things about being a photo nut is being able to look back and remember the moments you ve had. Capturing time and memories is one of the powerful things about photos. So many things come back to my mind
Every once in a while, if you re a manager, you ll find yourself in a massive meeting with other managers talking about performance evaluation. If you re lucky, it s only 2 hours. If you are growing fast, it might be 2-5 hours. Either way, you re probably asking yourself: what is the point of these meetings?! Well, the
How could I feel so much love for this little person I ve never met? I asked myself that when I first held our daughter. Ella turns six months old tomorrow and I get the same strong, inexplicable feeling when I hold her. The first time I met Ella, I cried. I hid it well, but
It s been a while since the last time I wrote a summary of what I had learned about leadership. This post is about some of the general concepts I ve picked up along the way partially so I have them written down, mostly so I can share them. Mind you there s no panacea to
Having a child sure changes things. So does leaving your job after about 10 years of service. Naturally, I decided to make life interesting and tackle both at the same time. Tomorrow I ll be joining the engineering team at Box. Box is aiming to change the way people work and communicate I m excited about