Archive - Leadership & Startups

An AI Conversion on Souls, Simulations, and Existence

Wow. That's all I can say.

Jun 17 •

April 2025

My Life with AI - A Short Story

(Author’s note: This post is meant to be read as a fictional short story.

Apr 30 •

March 2025

Musk and the Reckoning of the Tech Industry

This is what happens when you idolize the wrong people.

Mar 26 •

HBR on Employee Motivation

This post is a commentary on HBR’s article Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model. The article is paywalled, so I’ll just offer a summary and some…

Mar 13 •

February 2025

DeepSeek vs. Claude vs. ChatGPT

You still need to be a smart engineer

Feb 26 •

Learnings from Toxic Environments

Toxic work environments.

Feb 19 •

Where is AI going?

What I've been up to in 2024

Feb 12 •

December 2023

How To Make 2024 Great

5 things to think about

Dec 20, 2023 •

November 2023

Becoming a Supportive Hard-Ass

Are you too nice? Let me tell you about a kinder, gentler tyrant.

Nov 3, 2023 •

October 2023

Doug's Work Travel Tips

for both the frequent and infrequent work traveler

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

The 4 Buckets of Company Growth

Will your company succeed?

Sep 18, 2023 •

August 2023

And speaking of Aliens....

4 things that are going to happen soon

Aug 9, 2023 •

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