I’m almost 60 years old. Most people would say I’m successful in my career and life. I readily point to my family, demographics, education, intelligence,
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Mistakes & Failures
Atomic Ownership, Part 6: Lessons Learned
Our non-ESOP approach to employee ownership meant we got to determine how our program worked. The legal advice we got was very helpful, but it
Sacrificing Robustness for Expediency – A Story about Fragility
“A plan that’s too dependent on any one person is too fragile.” Derek Sivers Pairs of people working together make a project or situation more
Expecting perfect understanding from your writing is a leadership pitfall
I write. They read. Some people are confused or upset. They complain. I’m frustrated. Live through this cycle a few times and it’s tempting to
Discrimination: When Being Good Isn’t Good Enough
Atomic Object joined the ACLU’s Michigan Competitive Workforce Coalition following a couple of eye-opening experiences I had in 2015. The MCWC is organized around the
A screwup avoided through a brush with mindfulness
I recently avoided a mistake I’ve made plenty of times in the past. The mistake I could easily have made was in how I reacted
Experiments as options on future growth
The strategy I used to create Atomic Object, and which we continue to employ, is to try many things, stick with what works, and abandon
It’s not a mistake, just a failed experiment
I made many mistakes as we grew Atomic Object. Since we turned ten years old a few months ago, obviously none of them were fatal.
Decision fatigue
If you find yourself up for parole in Israel, you should pick the time of day you make your pitch very, very carefully. An article
Working alone: my big mistake
I gave a talk last year about how Atomic Object was started. It was quite honest, and focused on what worked and the ways we