People often ask what the different responsibilities are between levels of management: manager, director, and VP. First, there is no perfect way to draw this as organizations are all different. This sketch is an attempt to show different areas of coverage and daily interaction. 1. Team view: Primarily focused on the success and performance of… Continue reading
The importance of a portfolio and progression towards proof of impact. When you’re early in your career, having a really strong portfolio is the only thing people have to go off of. As you progress the evidence will be more on the proof of impact in your previous roles—success metrics, outcomes, results of the work…. Continue reading
Me playing Ecco the Dolphin as a kid: Dolphin: The mark on your head looks like the stars in the sky.Me: Yeah so what…
I can’t tell if Adam Driver is good at acting or just really good at screaming.
I made a drawing for this article about running experiments. People often cite Steve Jobs as someone who made decisions solely from intuition so I drew a turtleneck to juxtapose it with data. Binary thinking stunts innovation. Data and intuition are complementary, and should not be put up against each other. Quantitative data can foster… Continue reading
In issue 92 of Proof of Concept I did a piece about metaphors and allegories. This article covered how you can create metaphors and allegories to discuss really abstract and complex challenges. I made a drawing of a whale to depict Moby Dick, one of the most famous allegories of all time. Instead of getting… Continue reading
When you join a startup that is growing rapidly, there are usually two groups of people. The first is the tenured employees who were there super early to get the company off the ground with the founders. The second are people who’ve been at other companies that have scaled to where the company desires. The… Continue reading
For those who get confused like me, I made a drawing.
Watching Robot Chicken on the Peloton. Whatever it takes to get some exercise, I suppose!