From burnout to joy: Avoiding remote work’s biggest pitfalls
Remote is awesome but can cause loneliness, burnout and misalignment. After many years of remote working — with several highs and lows — here’s how we’ve learned to make it a joy.
The One Insight Per Day Method
During my recent three-month sabbatical, I learned so much and was journaling a lot. Eventually I wanted to synthesize all of my reflections. So I came up with a process that’s become surprisingly impactful:…
Grow faster at work: Our 5 best principles
I’m a big fan of the new book Principles by Ray Dalio. In it, Ray proposes that we spend time refining and sharing the principles that guide our actions. That practice has become very…
We’re all addicted to tech. Here’s what’s finally going to save us
It’s fantastic that we now have built-in screen time management on iOS and Android. But one big piece is still missing before it becomes effective. My device needs to figure out what I’m using…
Why I’ll work without a laptop and desktop computer in 2019
After using Mac for 10+ years, I’ll start this year with iPad Pro 11″ as my only work device. Here’s why. Hypothesis 1: I’ll work on more important things I love working smarter instead…
The New Faces of Research at Lookback
At Lookback we are on a mission to make it easier for companies to talk to their users. On this mission we have learned a lot about how important it is to also practice…
How to embrace failure
We should really embrace failure more. If we don’t embrace failure we are in fact penalizing it, and if we are penalizing failure, we are penalizing success. To embrace failure is to embrace success…
Default to Nothing: How to succeed at work with way less effort
I wanted to share my latest obsession. It’s something really hard but oh-so-nice. It’s about my default state. The state that I gravitate towards as any particular action, piece of work or thought has…
Setting goals and managing progress
How do I set goals and how do I follow up on progress? These are perhaps the two most important questions a leader can ask. The way you answer will significantly impact how successful…
I am your co-creator, not your competitor
A competitive mindset has always been present in human interaction, not the least in business. But it’s halting innovation and causes us to focus on the wrong questions. Now is the time to change…