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collaboration

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Apr 12, 20264 min read

You Will Not Out-Argue the "Make It Pop" PM

You will not out-argue the PM whose entire vocabulary is "make it pop." Stop trying. Four moves that work instead: the boring confirmation, the handed-back tradeoff, the loaded "interesting", and framing asks as their win. Minus the sabotage fantasies.

product
design
collaboration

Feb 12, 20266 min read

A Year of Resentment, Fixed in Four Minutes on a Wall

One unwritten rule cost my team a year of quiet resentment and took four minutes to fix, once it was on a wall. The Team Canvas, honestly: what it is, when to run it, and the Laminated Lie that ruins it.

team building
culture
collaboration