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The Uncomfortable Truth: Your Best Engineer Is Often Your Worst Manager

Few opinions trigger stronger reactions in modern workplaces than this one:

Technical people often make worse leaders than non-technical people.

For engineers, developers, architects, data scientists, and technical founders, that s...

When I get sick, I take it seriously. I rest. I drink fluids. I pay attention.

When I tweak my back lifting something wrong, I see someone. I do the exercises. I let it heal.

When I eat something that doesn't agree with me, I notice. I probably won't eat it again for a while.

Physical discomfort, I hon...

If you gather a group of school-age children and leave them alone with something as simple as a ball, a game will almost always emerge.

One child will step forward, decide what game to play, and begin organising others into teams. Another may take on a similar role for the opposite side. Occasionally...

My father could have been an entrepreneur, but he never became one.

He had the drive, the talent, and the skills. He was a tool-and-die maker — a craftsman who understood how to turn ideas into something real. He tried many business ideas over the years: custom water glasses, back massagers on ...

Last month, Sarah and I went to a fundraising dinner for Whatcom Dream, a local organization doing meaningful work around financial literacy in our community. Good cause. Good people. And exactly the kind of large, structured social event I tend to brace myself for.

I'm not antisocial. I have close f...

When Teams Move Like Starlings

You built it. You funded it. You live and breathe it. You are theOwner, the visionary, the person who makes the final call.

In that position, there's a powerful, subtle truth that eventually becomes a trap:When you are the Owner, no one tells you “No.”

This isn't a power trip; it's a structural realit...