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Don't just do more, think more
A personal reflection on how AI-driven productivity gains should be reinvested in thinking, not just doing.
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Drawing Trees
My daughter started drawing trees at a coffee shop. On the walk home, we both saw them differently.
Find the Quiet Ones
Skip the best-practice posts. Find people doing remarkable work and figure out how they do it.
Don't Watch the Words
Real-time transcription makes you edit while you think. Turning it off is freeing.
Let's Talk About Your Next Role
Why I ask teammates to think about their CV and what they want it to look like five years from now.
Hiring Designers Who Know Which Lever to Pull
The three non-negotiables I expect from senior designers: relentless feedback, selling the work, and knowing when each skill should lead.
Finding Balance in Leadership
The art of setting guardrails that empower rather than constrain.
AI Expectations and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
How our cultural narratives about AI might be shaping its development more than we realize
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Permission to Enjoy
A reflection on seniority, freedom, responsibility, and the power of a mentor's simple advice.
