WorkMatters

Hi, I’m Andreas. WorkMatters is my weekly newsletter about the future of work and organization. I’ve been writing since 2018 and this is the public archive. For more, visit my website:

www.andreasholmer.com

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📈 Small but consistent actions generate surprising results

[Week 12, 2024] The path to 300 and what’s next for WorkMatters.

Andreas Holmer

Jun 23

Don’t (Always) Listen to Customers, Control Your Schedule, and Break Down Information Silos

[Week 10, 2024] Ideas on strategic optionality, the nature of knowledge work, and the problem of information silos.

Andreas Holmer

Jun 9

Superlinear Thinking, Reading Habits, and Customer Centricity

[Week 9, 2024] Ideas on nonlinear returns, the importance of developing a reading habit, and the connection between purpose and customer…

Andreas Holmer

Jun 2

Dark Software, Life Focus, and Economic Engagement

[Week 8, 2024] Ideas on a new SaaS business model, why to shift one’s focus in life, and the organizational benefits of economic…

Andreas Holmer

May 26

NABC Propositions, Doing Your Best, and Stochastic Sampling

[Week 7, 2024] Ideas on value prop design, what it means do to your best, and how to collect organizational insights.

Andreas Holmer

May 19

Category Creation, Listening to Win, and Knee-Jerk Management

[Week 9, 2024] Business insights from the Knowledge Project podcast.

Andreas Holmer

May 12

Ringelmann Effect, AIDA Model, and How to Avoid Disruption, Part 5/5

[Week 5, 2024] How and why smaller team are more productive than bigger ones, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

May 8

Manual Valuable Process, Habit Systems, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅘

[Week 4, 2024] How and why you should processize before you productize, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Apr 29

6Ds of Exponentials, Adaptive Management, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅗

[Week 3, 2024] How industries transform through six non-sequential steps, and other insights

Andreas Holmer

Apr 22

Willingness to Pay, The Lindy Effect, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅖

[Week 2, 2024] How and why price should figure into your segmentation strategy, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Apr 15

Nurture Innovation, Embrace Sales, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅕

[Week 1, 2024] How and why to protect nascent ideas, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Apr 8

Feature Bloat, Minimalist Entrepreneurship, and Management Layers

[Week 52, 2023] Why and how too many features can lead to disruption, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Mar 25

Market Fragmentation, the Five Factor Model, and Creative Control

[Week 51, 2023] Why and when it might be a good idea for a manager to have 15+ direct reports, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Mar 10

Soft Skills, Multipreneurship, and Chaordic Systems

[Week 50, 2023] How and why AI makes soft skills more important, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Mar 3

Seating Machines, Balanced Productivity, and Systemic Leadership

[Week 49, 2023] How and why to innovate in meaning rather than features, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Feb 27

Product Marketers, Intrinsic Motivation, and Transforming GEA

[Week 48, 2023] Why Airbnb turned its Product Managers into Product Marketers, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Feb 19

Reframing Emergencies, Resting Smiles, and Agile Coaching

[Week 47, 2023] How and why to turn emergencies into opportunities, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Feb 12

Disguised Marketplaces, Founder’s Path, and Progressive Decentralization

[Week 46, 2023] How and why to ease into decentralization, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Feb 5

Differentiating Work, Helping Others, and Premature Scaling

[Week 44, 2023] How and why to look beyond table stakes for future growth opportunities, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Jan 22

Calculated Risks, Towards Equanimity, and Management Span

[Week 43, 2023] How and why risk is a kew driver of customer value, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Jan 16

Customer Focus, Age-Related Muscle Loss, and Turning Radius of Organizations

[Week 42, 2023] How and why narrow customer focus enables meaningful engagement, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Jan 7

Customer Value, Team Fulfillment, and Financial Health

[Week 40, 2023] How MAQE defines and tracks long-term success.

Andreas Holmer

Dec 25, 2023

Find a superniche, Control your attention, and Stand for something

Successful organizations do three things: they create more value than they capture, they optimize for personal fulfillment, and they…

Andreas Holmer

Dec 11, 2023

Co-Create Value, Reclaim Time, and Reverse Conway

[Week 37, 2023] Why does cooperation create more value than competition, and other insights.

Andreas Holmer

Dec 4, 2023

Each week, three ideas on the future of work

Normative Ethics: Deontology, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics

💫 Change your thinking, change the world

Hands-On Leadership, Achievement Paradox, Budgetary Control

Viral Coefficient, Job Goals, and Open Book Management

Market Fragmentation, the Five Factor Model, and Creative Control

Rethinking Research, Purposeful Reading, and Collective Meritocracy

📈 Small but consistent actions generate surprising results

Don’t (Always) Listen to Customers, Control Your Schedule, and Break Down Information Silos

Superlinear Thinking, Reading Habits, and Customer Centricity

Dark Software, Life Focus, and Economic Engagement

NABC Propositions, Doing Your Best, and Stochastic Sampling

Category Creation, Listening to Win, and Knee-Jerk Management

Ringelmann Effect, AIDA Model, and How to Avoid Disruption, Part 5/5

Manual Valuable Process, Habit Systems, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅘

6Ds of Exponentials, Adaptive Management, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅗

Willingness to Pay, The Lindy Effect, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅖

Nurture Innovation, Embrace Sales, and Avoid Disruption, Part ⅕

Feature Bloat, Minimalist Entrepreneurship, and Management Layers

Market Fragmentation, the Five Factor Model, and Creative Control

Soft Skills, Multipreneurship, and Chaordic Systems

Seating Machines, Balanced Productivity, and Systemic Leadership

Product Marketers, Intrinsic Motivation, and Transforming GEA

Reframing Emergencies, Resting Smiles, and Agile Coaching

Disguised Marketplaces, Founder’s Path, and Progressive Decentralization

Differentiating Work, Helping Others, and Premature Scaling

Calculated Risks, Towards Equanimity, and Management Span

Customer Focus, Age-Related Muscle Loss, and Turning Radius of Organizations

Customer Value, Team Fulfillment, and Financial Health

Find a superniche, Control your attention, and Stand for something

Co-Create Value, Reclaim Time, and Reverse Conway