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  • The Case for Boring, Repeatable Systems

    People want the exciting fix. The new tool, the offsite, the reorganization that finally makes everything click. I have watched a lot of teams chase the exciting fix, and I have watched almost all of them end up back where they started, because the problem was never a missing burst of inspiration. The problem was…

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  • Building a Career That Fits Your Actual Life

    For a long time I had the order backward. I built the career first and then tried to wedge a life into whatever gaps were left. It works for a while, especially when you are young and the gaps are big. Then the gaps shrink, the obligations grow, and one day you realize you have…

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