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Motivation for Managers: That’s the Job!
One of the motivational phrases I tell myself at work when some aspect of leadership is hard or unpleasant is “That’s the job!” Can a simple line from a Tom Cruise action movie be a useful tool for navigating difficult times at work? Let’s find out. →
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The Case for “Eventually Consistent” Management
People often panic when two managers give slightly different answers. The instinctive reaction is “something is wrong” or “we’re disjointed.” But in distributed systems, we accept temporary mismatches as a necessary trade-off for speed—a concept known as eventual consistency. Instead of treating every management inconsistency as a failure, what if we viewed leadership teams like distributed databases that sometimes just experience latency before reaching a unified state? →
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