Hold onto your truth tellers
Finding friends who are willing to tell you things that you don't want to hear is hard. Even when you explicitly solicit feedback, most people are »
Playing poker socially
Poker is a great way to get to know people. Win or lose, it's entertaining and a great way to learn how the other players react »
Scaling organizations
Small organizations can coordinate activities organically because it's still feasible for everyone to be aware of what other people are doing. But, when that's no longer »
Bitsquating
Random errors in computer hardware can result in bit flips that can be exploited by bitsquatters. While the probability of these errors is extremely low, with »
Risk-adjusted returns
The Sharpe ratio helps contextualize financial returns by comparing the expected return to the perceived risk. After finding potential investments with attractive risk / reward characteristics, it's »
Using names in conversation
When someone unexpectedly remembers my name, I'm pleasantly surprised and likely to afford that person the benefit of the doubt. But, this only works to a »
Dimensions of executive tasks
Effective managers can quickly transition between activities along three dimensions. Altitude: conceptual to operating details Topic: internal to external Style: informal to formal Executives need to »
Asking people what they do for fun
When I ask people what they do for fun, most people either instantly reply or awkwardly try to think of something. There's no right answer; I'm »
Excel model conventions
Convention over configuration is a design principle that should be applied to Excel models. To my knowledge, there aren't clear conventions for how data should be »
Pricing APIs is hard
When given a choice, companies prefer to set prices based on a percentage of the value that they create. In advertising, auctions dictate the market value »