The wisest words I know on being a strong leader and open to feedback came from The West Wing (s7e20)

Vinnick: And when we disagree?
Santos: I will give you all the time you need to set me straight, and then I'd expect you to go out there and sell whatever decision I make.

I created Two Truths and a Lie as an icebreaker to meet my new team.

- In college, I worked as Mickey Mouse at Disney World
- After college, I co-founded a Shakespeare Festival
- Recently, I was written up in the Wall Street Journal for my parenting

Can you spot the lie?

My 7th grader already has little more than hazy memories of Kindergarten.
I find it fascinating how much we forget.

What do you remember about early elementary school?

Carving out space and time to really think.

Stop shuffling through the same motions.

Step away, go outside, breathe some air, and get a fresh perspective.

☣️ Toxic Culture:
The Design team can make it pretty.

💗 Healthy Culture:
The Design team can focus on visual prototypes to show options for implementing the upcoming business strategy.

Where do you work?

For when you have 24hrs left before the launch of a project:

Ask if we would "no-go" the launch if we didn't include this change or add this feature makes. If the answer is no (and it's almost always no), then that's something for the next version that can start 25hrs from now.