Dave's Library

I often struggle to explain what it means to be part of a high-functioning software team. Sure, there are mountains of literature, and an entire genre of LinkedIn thought leadership that professes all kinds of guidelines and heuristics about what makes teams work, but in my experience, it’s hard to internalize these ideas and follow someone else’s model if you’ve never seen what good looks like.

The Equal Justice Initiative founder discusses the roots of police violence, how to change the culture of policing, and the frustration and despair behind this week’s protests.

We want to solve things. Puzzles, riddles, math problems and other peoples' problems in life. When people come to us with a problem, it is almost instinctual to attempt to solve it. This is due t

Leadership teams can fall into thinking traps like any other team. Here are three common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

It's more common than you think.

Southern California parking lots overflow with new vehicles and rental cars, evidence of the economic toll of the coronavirus on the auto industry.

Two months into working from home, Twitter makes it permanent for some.

How to respond when an employee messes up.

Five research-based tips.

Just this week, I found myself leading an all-day webinar on antiracism for a group of over 100 Vermont educators. I was originally due to co-lead the session in person with the nation’s foremost expert on poverty, Dr.

Patrick Lencioni

Kotter

Earlier today, Co-Founder and CEO Brian Chesky sent the following note to Airbnb employees.

The Wild

What are the six secrets to guaranteeing effective communication on your remote project team?

Dave Eggers

A psychiatrist who’s also a professor of organizational behavior observes that times of crisis usually evoke familiar images of generals or endurance athletes. Instead, he argues, “a public health crisis is not a war or a race.” Here’s what it will take.

Jim Collins

Molly Graham helped forge a work culture at Facebook that's withstood huge amounts of growth. Today, she's something of a rapid scaling expert. Here's the key to doing it right, she says.

Carol Dweck

Show them you’re on the same side.

Hit the ground running with a thoughtful personal pitch.

People who thought their jobs were secure, including white-collar professionals, increasingly face unemployment as the pandemic causes economic pain across industries.

Bain

My years of looking through the camera at people talking have taught me a few things.

Saying no is hard, but it's also essential for your sanity. Here are some templates for how to say no - so you can take back your life.

Four lessons from Lincoln, Churchill, MLK, and others.

My good friend Casey Liss was casting about for an answer to the question that has perplexed many an iPad user: if they use a Bluetooth keyboard–such as Apple’s Magic Keyboard or my favorite,…

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