I have tried just about every productivity app on the market. Most sparkle for a week, then fade from my dock. A handful, though, have earned permanent residency. These are the three tools I've personally paid for and relied on daily for years: TLDR below 👇 | Read this on the web | Subscribe 1. Todoist - The List That Never Lets Me Down It’s been so long since I started using Todoist that I don’t even remember not having it (remember when they were included in my WFH Gift Guide four years...
17 days ago • 4 min read
Hey there, If you're looking for an easy way to catch up on new AI features quickly, this is for you. Today at 9am PT, I’m hosting Cooking with AI (Live!) — a walkthrough of four AI recipes I published in May: ✅ Create Your Own Meeting Prep Bot with Zapier agents✅ Create Instant SOPs from Meeting Recordings with Gemini Gems✅ Receive Landing Page Feedback with Lex✅ Discover your Hogwarts House with ChatGPT o3 No jargon. No fluff. Come see how each one works in practice and get ideas for how to...
24 days ago • 6 min read
If you’ve been rolling your eyes at the way people talk about AI lately, you’re not alone. “Replace your team with a single prompt!” “Use this tool or get left behind!” “Why haven’t you automated everything already?” The problem isn’t AI, it’s the story around it. For people-first teams who care about doing great work and taking care of their people, the current narrative feels misaligned at best and unethical at worst. But AI adoption can be something else entirely. Used with intention, it...
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
Hey there, This week, I'm sharing a quick recap of my favorite lessons, reads, and shares of the month. We'll be back to the usual articles next week. If you came across anything great this month (whether it’s a book, podcast, or insight) I’d love to hear about it! Just hit reply and share what you loved. May 2025 Recap Read this on the web | Subscribe Reads Recently, I did something I don’t usually do: a tandem read. I picked up Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick and Remember Love by Cleo Wade...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Read this on the web | Subscribe Too hot. Too cold. Just right. This classic framework from Goldilocks and the Three Bears mirrors one of the biggest struggles I see in remote team leadership: finding the right balance in how you manage. When it comes to leading distributed teams, most people fall into one of two extremes. There’s the micromanager: constantly checking in, obsessing over activity, piling on meetings and processes that disrupt more than they help. Then there’s the hands-off...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hey there, Quick update: I’m hosting Cooking with AI (Live!) tomorrow — a walkthrough of four easy recipes to get started using AI: ✅ Shopping smarter with Perplexity✅ Turning experts into mentors using NotebookLM✅ Personalized recommendations using image analysis from ChatGPT✅ Building your first AI assistant bot (no code required) with a custom GPT Come see how each one works in practice and get ideas for how to fit them into your own workflow. Anyone can attend live for free, and paid...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Read this on the web | Subscribe Imagine joining a team and instantly knowing how to work well with your manager or colleague. No awkward guesswork, no stumbling through miscommunications. That’s what a Personal ReadMe unlocks. It’s a short, thoughtful document that outlines how to work with you effectively. Think of it as your professional user manual, a quick-start guide that answers questions like: How do you work best? What’s your preferred communication style? What are the values and...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey there, This week, I'm sharing a quick recap of my favorite lessons, reads, and shares of the month. We'll be back to the usual articles next week. This month, my daughter turned one year old! Time flies when you're sleep deprived. If you came across anything great this month (whether it’s a book, podcast, or insight) I’d love to hear about it! Just hit reply and share what you loved. April 2025 Recap Read this on the web | Subscribe Reads This month, I finished The Art of Learning by Josh...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Last week, someone called me out. They noticed I was working on a Sunday night and pointed out the contradiction: I regularly advocate for healthy work practices, yet here I was… answering emails on a weekend. To them, I was sending a dangerous message. “You’re telling people to rest,” they said, “while secretly doing the opposite to get ahead.” I paused when I read that. Not just because it was entirely wrong, but because it missed something deeper. Something I wish more people understood...
3 months ago • 5 min read