Map
How the writing connects
Each dot is a post and each line is a link between two posts. Posts sit on the continent of who they're for. Dashed circles are posts I plan to write: click one to get it when it's out. Drag to look around, scroll to zoom, and click a post to read it.
- A Festivus Approach to New Years (People)
- An AI plan that says what it means (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- Always-On Culture - How artificial urgency makes work suck (People)
- Why bad managers stay put (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- When your best person wants out (People managing people, not written yet)
- Beyond lip service: what real mentorship looks like (People managing people)
- Career coach vs. therapist - which one do I actually need? (People)
- How to switch careers without starting over (People)
- Dealing with burnout at work (and figuring out if that's what you've got) (People)
- Dear Peter: "hell hath no fury like a PM's scorn" (People)
- Dear Peter: how can I switch to a non-profit from a ..profit? (People)
- Dear Peter: how do I ask for a raise without sounding greedy? (People)
- Dear Peter: I just graduated and need a job. What do? (People)
- Dear Peter: I'm feeling stuck. Do I need an MBA? (People)
- Dear Peter: why'd they make me a manager? (People managing people)
- Dear Peter: My boss is a "Nice Guy," so why am I miserable? (People)
- Dear Peter: I've been raising kids for six years. Do I even have a resume anymore? (People)
- Dear Peter: will AI take my job? (People)
- Designing out fake urgency (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- The first-time manager survival guide (People managing people)
- How to actually enjoy your work (without quitting and starting your own personal petting zoo) (People)
- How to deal with a bad manager (without losing your job or your mind) (People)
- Internal moves before exits (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- Interviewing for presence of mind (People managing people, not written yet)
- Job hunting in 2026: a survival guide for a brutal market (People)
- Job posts that don't scare off good people (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- Let AI be the robot. Meetings are for people. (People managing people)
- Living with someone's job search (People supporting beloved corporate people, not written yet)
- LOTR: Boromir's search for a better-fit fellowship (People)
- LOTR: Dark Lord Sauron, MBA (People)
- LOTR: Frodo's Resume Refresh (People)
- LOTR: Gandalf and the Golden Girls (People)
- Matchmaker, matchmaker: how to spot a good manager before you accept the job (People)
- Am I the nice-guy boss? (People managing people, not written yet)
- Why presence of mind beats technical skills (People)
- When your partner is burning out (People supporting beloved corporate people, not written yet)
- When your partner wants to change careers (People supporting beloved corporate people, not written yet)
- When someone you love has a bad boss (People supporting beloved corporate people, not written yet)
- When your peer becomes your boss (People, not written yet)
- Permission to be "Good Enough" (People)
- Presence of mind: a present for your mind (People)
- Pay bands people can actually read (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- When your report asks for a raise (People managing people, not written yet)
- Review cycles that aren't theater (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- Spotting burnout on your team before the resignation (People managing people, not written yet)
- Train managers before you promote them (People managing people managing people, not written yet)
- What does a career coach actually do? (People)
- Why I work to make work suck less (People)
- Yes, I make silly YouTube videos. Now I'm sharing them. (People)