joshuago’s management Bookmarks

How do you align a group of people around a shared goal? You make sure the right things are happening. Together. Over and over again.

Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place.

It’s important for a leader to hear about his blind spots on a regular basis so working on them is periodically top of mind.

Apple wasn't built by a saint. It was built by an iron-fisted visionary.

There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone, for that matter): Are they smart? Can they get stuff done? Can you work with them?

Excerpts from speeches given by Zhu Rongji, former Premier of China. Shows a man who had a very firm grasp on breadth and depth of policy details, which allowed him to address problems in a straightforward and forceful way.

Of all the events that engage people at work, the single most important — by far — is simply making progress in meaningful work.

Ignore them. Don't give them advice. Don't gossip about them.

Masterminds are capable but not eager leaders, stepping forward only when it becomes obvious to them that they are the best for the job. Strong-willed and very self-assured, they may make this decision quickly, as they tend to make all decisions.

The last thing you need is some rat bastard fomenting trouble.