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Lance Willett

The Unscripted Dance

A mental model that keeps coming up for me is the unscripted dance. This captures the idea of going into a situation knowing you can rely…

May 24, 2018

The Unscripted Dance

May 24, 2018

Lance Willett

Parks for Life

Public speaking lesson: the more practice I put in, weaving in personal anecdotes with the data—the more natural the delivery and more…

May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018

Lance Willett

Teambot: Create Presence on Remote Teams

To find joy and passion in our work across countries and cultures at Automattic we’re creating a space where genuine connections occur…

May 16, 2018

Teambot: Create Presence on Remote Teams

May 16, 2018

Lance Willett

The Secret (Listening is Breathing)

When I come to a conversation without technique and provide the space to listen, I do so because I’ve failed at this a thousand times. I’ve…

May 12, 2018

The Secret (Listening is Breathing)

May 12, 2018

Lance Willett

What’s Your Surfboard?

A thought experiment. No right or wrong answers.

May 11, 2018

What’s Your Surfboard?

May 11, 2018

Lance Willett

WordPress is Great, Unless You’re a Small Business

An exercise to dig into the worldview, market fit, and promises of a software project I’m passionate about: WordPress.

May 6, 2018

WordPress is Great, Unless You’re a Small Business

May 6, 2018

Lance Willett

To My Friend, Who Makes Money From WordPress

I’m afraid I don’t know how you work; I thought I knew; the résumé, the code We talked about. You shipped many lines And yet you didn’t do…

May 4, 2018

To My Friend, Who Makes Money From WordPress

May 4, 2018

Lance Willett

GitLab is a Solid Bet

Date: April 29, 2018 To: Lance Willett <lance@dotcominc.com>

May 2, 2018

May 2, 2018

Lance Willett

A Napkin Sketch Is Enough

In a recent brainstorming exercise with my team, I expected to dive deep into the work, tuning our understanding of business models while…

Apr 29, 2018

Apr 29, 2018

Lance Willett

Clean Room, Clean Mind

Why do I avoid the backlog and overflowing todo list? Why do I shove one more tool into a drawer already full of bits and bobs? Why do I…

Apr 26, 2018

Clean Room, Clean Mind

Apr 26, 2018

Lance Willett

Lance Willett

I’m a business executive, product manager, and software developer focused on creating high-quality and engaging experiences for people online.

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