The moment you assign something to “the team,” you have essentially assigned it to no one.
The Reason Your Bigger Team Is Getting Less Done
The First Time Ergode Made the News. I Almost Didn’t Believe It.
In August 2020, in the middle of a global pandemic, I got an email that stopped me mid-scroll. I read it three times. Then I called my wife.
What I Look For When I Hire Someone. And It’s Probably Not What You Think.
The logos will get you in the room. What you built while you were there will keep you there.
The Advice Everyone Gives Founders That Is Quietly Wrong
Focus. Hire for culture fit. Don't take it personally. Trust your gut. Twenty years in, I've realised some of the most confidently delivered advice in business is quietly wrong.
What Money Doesn’t Fix (And What It Does)
Money is brilliant at solving financial problems. It is remarkably bad at everything else.
What I Think About on Long Flights
Long flights are the only place I cannot escape myself. I have tried.
I Grew Up on Cricket. Golf Is Teaching Me Something Completely Different.
I grew up on cricket, where instinct and aggression can win you the game. Golf is teaching me that sometimes, the harder you try to control the outcome, the less control you actually have.
What I Learned From the Employee Who Quit Without Warning
A resignation is almost never a decision. It is an announcement of a decision that was already made, sometimes weeks earlier, in a part of their head you were never invited into.
One Decision. Five Years of Advantage.
Every month you wait is not a flat month. It is a month someone else spent getting ahead while you were still in the meeting about whether to have a meeting.
I Paid Someone More Than Me and It Was the Best Decision I Ever Made
It felt like a strange combination of humbling, slightly absurd, and quietly terrifying. Which, as I have come to learn, is usually a sign that you are about to grow.
