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Just hired a new employee? According to Google, a quick conversation will make them 25 percent more productive, right away. source https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/google-research-says-smart-leaders-have-this-10-minute-conversation-with-every-new-employee/91281784

Here’s how to navigate transitions as your business evolves. source https://www.inc.com/john-hall/3-tips-for-training-your-team-to-lead-through-change/91280127

Amy Liu learned the importance of being a strong salesperson early in her career—and got her brand into Sephora in year one. source https://www.inc.com/rebecca-deczynski/steal-these-3-sales-secrets-that-turned-tower28-into-a-9-figure-brand/91277058

It’s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings homogenized around similar styles. The ever-impending AI takeover can make the future of this work uncertain. My reading around design this year tended to focus on two things: looking backContinueContinue reading “The best design books of 2025”

One April night eight years ago, two tech leaders sat down with a former Forest Service employee at Terroir, a natural wine bar in San Francisco. Then they started sketching out a plan that would eventually reshape California’s housing policy. Landmark housing reforms that passed in the state in 2025, one that allows more housingContinueContinue reading “How a former Forest Service employee changed the future of housing in California”