Enjoy The Work Blog

Working With Vs. Working For — A Musing on How Language Shapes a Company’s Culture To “work with” or to “work for”? That is

Do → Manage → Coach In the early startup days, life is a blur. You’re involved in everything. You’re doing everything. You’re

An Opportunity Too Good to Pass Up I grew up playing soccer. It was an everywhere activity; I loved it — soccer

Return vs. Remote There are party lines being drawn. Each side is fiercely self-righteous. Their arguments are persuasive and well-considered. The debate

We’re So Bad At This We’re good at setting goals. Reading reports. Providing updates. Solving problems. We’re terribly efficient in Covid times.

Good vs. Bad Board Members And How to Vet Them Appropriately A productive board of directors is a beautiful thing. It’s an

An Optimal Response I was asked by a founder this week, looking for support, “Any chance you guys have guidance to companies

Product Vision, Strategy, and Management Are Not the Same I keep seeing the same mistake. A founder with a worthy idea brings

Startups — Please Overreact There is no correct reaction. You only can under react or overreact. And you won’t know which path you’ve chosen