Reflection №daily-reflection-302-nobody-thanks-you-for-the-crisis-that-never-came
There is a structural unfairness in how we distribute credit, and it shapes behaviour in every organisation I have ever worked with. We reward the heroes who fix…
25 September 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-301-being-right-or-getting-it-right
There is a moment in a technical debate that I have learned to recognise in myself, and it is not a flattering one. I started out asking what…
24 September 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-300-manage-the-energy-not-the-clock
The assumption behind every productivity system I have used is that time is the scarce resource. But that is plainly false, and everyone knows it from experience. An…
23 September 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-299-you-are-the-company-you-keep
There is a well-worn claim that you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Like most well-worn claims it is too neat…
22 September 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-298-the-thief-of-joy
Theodore Roosevelt is supposed to have said that comparison is the thief of joy. I notice the theft in myself regularly, and the peculiar thing is how arbitrary…
21 September 2026
Reflection №daily-reflection-297-teach-it-if-you-want-to-learn-it
Early in my career as a professor I labored under a comfortable misconception: that teaching was the act of transferring what I already knew into the heads of…
18 September 2026
