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Mar
20
Fear Is The Mind Killer. SVB And the Very Bad Week.

Fear Is The Mind Killer. SVB And the Very Bad Week.

Shaping Chaos is a roughly month newsletter about topics that come up in my practice coaching leaders in tech in
6 min read
Feb
27
"I Left It Too Long" - On Hard Conversations. Shaping Chaos 7

"I Left It Too Long" - On Hard Conversations. Shaping Chaos 7

A roughly month newsletter about topics that come up in my practice coaching leaders in tech in San Francisco and
4 min read
Feb
13
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anything. Shaping Chaos Issue 6

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anything. Shaping Chaos Issue 6

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anything: A Simple Tool A practical post for this issue: a tool
4 min read
Jan
20
What Is A Company For? Shaping Chaos Issue 5

What Is A Company For? Shaping Chaos Issue 5

What Is The Purpose of A Company? Corporations are conceptual devices that we have decided are so massively useful that
6 min read
Jan
06
Coming to Silicon Valley. Shaping Chaos Issue 4

Coming to Silicon Valley. Shaping Chaos Issue 4

For each of us, the immigrants to Silicon Valley, there was that first morning in California. An unfamiliar room, jetlag,
6 min read
Dec
23
Your 2022 Review. Shaping Chaos, Issue 3

Your 2022 Review. Shaping Chaos, Issue 3

Your 2022 Review: Wakes, Ripples, Karma Everything we do, everything we say, creates some kind of effect, however small. At
4 min read
Dec
09
The Speed Trap. Shaping Chaos Issue 2

The Speed Trap. Shaping Chaos Issue 2

The Dangerous Attractions of Speed Driving an organization at speed can be a ton of fun (at least it was
4 min read
Nov
23
Founder Panic. Shaping Chaos Issue 1.

Founder Panic. Shaping Chaos Issue 1.

Shaping Chaos Shaping Chaos is a newsletter based on issues and insights that have shown up recently during my work
5 min read