Bill Morein

Starting something new, for people managers. Previously Head of Product at FiftyThree and VP of Product at littleBits. Before that Microsoft, Columbia.

[Bill Morein @wmorein]

If you are a manager, you've probably had someone cry in your office at least once. The human side of management is incredibly important.

We're sharing more about what we are building at Riverin. Take a look and sign up for the beta waitlist: https://t.co/7uGfVPRNtJ

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@asallen I still remember talking to the Facebook feed guys when we were building Mix. It was… enlightening to say the least…

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@LidianeJones That looks nice!

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@gdb @gentry This can be said of most interesting problems.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

More than burnout and pay, the Great Resignation is driven by toxic cultures.

What makes a culture toxic: disrespectful, noninclusive, unethical, cutthroat, and abusive behaviors.

If leaders don't take toxicity at least as seriously as performance, Houston, we have a problem.

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@Jay_Edlin @jmj @_wove Still working hard on it. Looks like we are a bit different from what you guys are doing but in the same area...

[Andy Allen @asallen]

10 years ago we released Paper and it forever changed how I see Design.

This is the untold story of how the app came to be…

https://t.co/NmPgNKercN

[Bill Morein @wmorein]

@Carnage4Life Any time a role seems to exist at least in part to provide a career path you should be wary.

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@Carnage4Life 4. If we make it a goal will Goodhart’s law come into effect.

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@NaithanJones I don’t totally disagree but literally just saw this study which talks about “poverty traps” as being really important. Haven’t read it in dept Lu yet but thought it was interesting:

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@spencergoldade @cagan Hadn't heard about that but will check it out. Thanks!

[Bill Morein @wmorein]

I'm curious if anyone has a term for a dynamic I've noticed in orgs. When trying to hash out a decision in a cross functional team, sometimes (1) each member advocates strongly for their discipline's position and sometimes (2) the team members all try to take a balanced view.

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The most similar idea I've seen written about is "soldier vs. scout" mentality (https://t.co/Jfsufj39Rm) but that is a bit more about individuals rather than teams. Curious if anyone has seen any other interesting discussions of this concept. Or have seen it in practice at all!

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Although I have a bias for approach 2, I think that approach 1 can work well if everyone knows what is going on. The worst case is when some people on a team are playing an advocacy role and some people are playing a balanced role. That can lead to very bad outcomes.

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@asallen True

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@mronge Ouch. That is a really scary number. Through the app store or even with direct subscriptions?

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3-4% churn per month is really really high for a subscription business. Would be really curious as to whether this is normal for Substack publications or if it is unique to this particular one.

https://t.co/PNX3s9Ah6x

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@KentBeck The coupling of ratings and compensation means that it is unrealistic to expect that employees will really improve based on feedback that comes in a review. There is too much else going on there. But taking compensation out of the discussion isn't enough either unfortunately.