🚪 Zero Points for Integrity
Integrity is a company value. It's also the one nobody gets Bonusly points for. A story about a locked bathroom door, what I did when it wouldn't open, and why I can't follow leaders who'd rather explain than act.
You’re Not Batman. You Just Think You Are. 🦇
We all know the difference between a hero and a villain in the movies. So why do we stop applying that lens the second we get a title and a headcount?
Annual Audits Are Absolute Agony
353K people liked a LinkedIn post about not wanting a performance review. That’s not viral content. That’s a suppressed scream. Here’s why the annual review is broken, gameable, and what it should actually be.
We Shipped a Fix for the Wrong Bug
Nobody ever asked for a tool that writes their code. Engineers filed a thousand tickets about bad requirements, unclear direction, and endless meetings. We closed them all as WONTFIX and shipped an AI that codes instead.
When You’re Choking on Meetings, Stop Eating Donuts 🍩💼
When meetings stop yielding results, the instinct shouldn’t be to add more — it should be to ask *why*. More meetings don’t solve the problem; they just make it harder to breathe.
The Many Faces of Power: A Field Guide to Leaders Who Rise, Rule, and Ruin
Watching today’s world stage made me reflect on the leaders I’ve worked with up close. Not emperors or generals, but executives, managers, and founders. Different scale, same patterns. This is a field guide to leadership archetypes that rise in uncertainty and what they quietly cost us.
The Blessing and Curse of Being a Truth-Teller 🤫
Being a truth-teller sounds noble in theory. In practice—at work and in life—it often sucks. Here’s what I’ve learned about the pros and cons of pushing for honesty.