Reading Time: 5 minutes That one bad apple is worse than you think
Author: ianrowebot
Reading Time: 4 minutes A small thing that can go a long way This article is from my list of nine surprising high performance lessons from Hell’s Kitchen. The show is chock full of swearing, apologies for any colourful language that finds its way in here. Summary Top performers remain present while mid and bottom performers disappear. Presence is established in […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes This article is from my list of nine surprising high performance lessons from Hell’s Kitchen. The show is chock full of swearing, apologies for any colourful language that finds its way in here. Summary Managers do not start their careers as managers, they make a leap from individual contributor to leader; to succeed their skill set […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes I generally prefer writing on medium (probably means I need to choose a new word press theme?). This article was first published on Medium in the Bootcamp publication. If you prefer that reader you can see the original here. Cheap solutions: sometimes the problem isn’t the tech Ian RoweMar 21 · 6 min readCuriosity, listening, and building relationships […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes A lot of what we write and say gets in the way of what we a) need to communicate, b) need to get done, or c) all of the above. As a leader in Apple Retail for about 13 years I had the chance to fuck this up a lot, and to learn. Between countless employee mentoring, training, […]
Reading Time: 10 minutes What A City Is For by Matt Hern is about one of the most important topics of our time: how to deal with housing people and making cities work for all the humans in them. Matt Hern is clearly an incredibly well read deep thinker on this topic with great ideas. And he has written […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes I have been reading way, way less during covid, but writing more, so maybe I’ll write an indulgent post just about that. In the meantime, most of the books I am reading this year are “kids” books (middle grade if you’re into the specifics). I have always loved middle grade novels. Classic favourites are Lloyd […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes Many organizations use, or at least have access to, Korn Ferry’s FYI FOR YOUR IMPROVEMENT. At Apple Retail this tool provided the backbone for employee and leadership development. But, in my 12+ years at Apple it was clear that the tool was often mis-used, ignored, or at least misunderstood by both employees trying to improve and […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2019, I set a goal to read 3 books a month. I like to beat goals and so I read 42. This is the most that I can remember ever reading. Below is the list, most of them were great. Typically these lists link to amazon as a place for purchase. Last year I […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes I’m not Obama, but if you’re looking for a read below are some ideas of what to pick up (and some thoughts about what to skip). A skimable read. Theme: Learning I read less than normal in 2020. It turns out that my commute by transit is my primary reading time (even more than before bed). […]