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10 ways to kill motivation as a manager

1) Ask your people to do things, then do not check whether they did them. 2) Ask your people to do things more carefully, then punish them for being slow.

Student debt and degree length

April 6, 2022
Luca DellAnna
Essay

Isn’t it weird that most degrees have the same duration regardless of the complexity of the underlying field?

Three Catalyzers For Change

March 14, 2022
Luca DellAnna
Essay

Three concrete actions for managers to drive change in their organization and overcome inertia and disengagement.

Bright Spot Analysis [How to improve your life, fast]

March 14, 2022
Luca DellAnna
Essay

Which day have you been the most productive? Is there something you did that made it so productive? And is it something you can do every day?

How to ask for suggestions (as a manager)

November 8, 2021
Luca DellAnna
Essay, Management

Whenever a manager asks his people for suggestions, he must avoid them thinking, “I shouldn’t have put any effort into replying.”

Is it designed around what it’s for?

October 22, 2021
Luca DellAnna
Essay

What are schools for? And what if we redesigned them around education?

Making the abstract concrete

October 11, 2021
Luca DellAnna
Essay, Management

As a company grows, the concrete becomes abstract; managers should constantly strive to make the abstract concrete; and their best tools are practical descriptive examples and weekly reviews.

Ergodicity: Definition, Examples, And Implications, As Simple As Possible

What is ergodicity? A definition and why it’s so important

April 25, 2021
Luca DellAnna
Essay, Excerpt

Here is the definition of ergodicity. An activity is ergodic if the outcome of a person performing it many times coincides with the outcome of many people performing it once, and it is non-ergodic if the two outcomes differ. For…

Defeating charlatanry with bets

April 23, 2021
Luca DellAnna
Essay

The next time you see a charlatan, force him to back his cheap words with money.

23 tips for a better career as an employee

January 30, 2021
Luca DellAnna
Essay

Doing more of what got you here won’t get you there, and other 23 tips to avoid getting stuck at work.