Neat, concise little post with pithy advice on speaking authentically.  (note: Jordan Peterson, is now a best-selling author and somewhat controversial member of the “intellectual dark web”.  I just like this post).

Some good notes on the basics of authenticity and speaking authentically.

Good, somewhat longish, post with ideas about why inauthentic speech is so jarring, and how to avoid it when speaking in public.

We are pretty good at detecting micro-expressions: the tiny changes that indicate what is really happening inside us.  Good, simple post on the topic.

In included this because it’s a nice summary of how much we hold inside ourselves, and how little we generally know of the people around us. Authentic communication (and action) is about breaking down those barriers.

Do we always need to get to the root cause?  If the boat is sinking, do we figure out where the leak is, or man the pumps?  (A: yes.  It depends).  Fun article.

“The source of the trouble is that when people are judged by performance metrics they are incentivized to do what the metrics measure, and what the metrics measure will be some established goal. But that impedes innovation, which means doing something not yet established, indeed that hasn’t even been tried out”

Good, simple introduction to some fundamental thinking tools.  Quick read, useful information.

Interestingly, this is mostly about diversity, and what practices you can adopt to help build diversity in your organization.  A good of solid research, although at times a little depressing.

“Studies reveal that investors prefer pitches from male entrepreneurs over those from female entrepreneurs, even when the content of the pitches is identical. And handsome men fare best of all”.

Yep.  As Founder, Owner, CEO, your words have far more weight than you know or expect.  Get used to it.  Deal with it.

Nice.  Read it.

Signs of micromanagement, and how to deal.   Worth checking for the symptoms.

Fairly long, but thoughtful post, with good ideas about how to move yourself away from micromanagement.  And yes: “In the end, it all comes down to two-way trust”.

A short post making the strong argument that OKRs are motivators of ambition and intensity.

A good, longer, article with some clear and detailed examples of how to set, and use, good OKRs.

Hey, the Holocracy is still going!   Fun read if you’re into it.   And there’s stuff to learn there, even if the full model is a bit suspect (IMHO).

Huh.  Interesting article.  There’s some good stuff here about businesses being driven by the needs, desires and personalities of people.  And about culture.  And then more about the emotional labor required to take care of those needs, desires and personalities and how that can sometimes fall disproportionally on women.

Made me think.  Still making me think,

Well I think there are many more than five levels of listening, but this is a neat set of examples of five different intentions to listening, and how those intentions can greatly bias what we hear.