On being a bad manager

A fellow I admire just asked me why it’s so easy to be a bad manager. Goddamn, that’s a fantastic question. I made some bonehead moves myself yesterday, so I’m in the perfect position to answer this one.

The 3 types of bullshit feedback — and what to do about them

How to handle the most-frustrating types…

8 things remote CEOs do differently

If you’re thinking of going remote, here’s what successful remote…

Hybrid development is how we give our teams of three superpowers

Peaked?

A writer had a rough go of getting a book published. Even after he’d written plenty of short stories for magazine publications, he started his hand at writing books. But nothing hit.

His fourth attempt at a novel really gave him some fits. He finally finished a manuscript for it, but he…

New in Basecamp 3: Better navigation with breadcrumbs

Nobody hits the ground running

“We just want someone who can hit the ground running” is the common refrain for companies seeking to only…

Whether to judge on effort or results

Unless someone is spectacularly inept, there’s always a reasonable sounding explanation for…