Jered Gaspardinthe SegueThe Only Way to Win the Culture War is to Not PlayI want to write briefly — very briefly — on the culture war, then I want to never talk about it again. Here goes:Apr 9, 2022Apr 9, 2022
Jered GaspardOn What We SellWe are all made up of these things, these small choices, these keep or discard decisions. Bruce Lee: “Absorb what is useful. Discard what…Apr 8, 2022Apr 8, 2022
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueWhat’s Rotten About the Parthenon“But I don’t understand. Why do you want me to think that this is great architecture?” He pointed to the picture of the Parthenon.Apr 6, 2022Apr 6, 2022
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueDoing the Work vs. Playing the GameThere are lots of artifacts to the game. Organizational charts, slide decks, policy documents, memos, mission and vision statements, dress…Jan 28, 2021Jan 28, 2021
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueWhy do We do It?The question in the title there is a compass. It’s a sort of rhetorical totem, a little tiny question wherein we can stuff a whole ton of…Jan 16, 2021Jan 16, 2021
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueYou develop people — you mean like developing film?How do you develop people? What does it mean to develop people? When we say “I’ve built a team, I’ve hired smart people and I’ve grown…Jan 16, 2021Jan 16, 2021
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueImposter Syndrome — Waswas and PPMThe vantage point is, in my opinion, the most compelling aspect of all PPM. Where functional leadership is necessarily focused on the…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueHere in the Looking-Glass, What Culture?And when we drove home from the office for the last time, cleared those desks of picture frames and vases and set up our laptops, and…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueFrom Custom Dev to SaaS — Why Is This So Hard?Custom Dev to SaaS isn’t a switch; it’s a slider. You’ll move it slowly over time as you master some difficult customer conversations.Sep 29, 2020Sep 29, 2020
Jered Gaspardinthe SegueInfinite Jest, In Defiance of the Elevator Pitch of PlotOn Reddit, there was a thread where someone was about 200+ pages into Infinite Jest and wondering if they should continue on, as it wasn’t…Feb 12, 2019Feb 12, 2019