Anne Libby On Management

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Nov
17
Two men in foreground on craggy limestone (?) cliffs, looking out at blue sky, blue sea. Woman in background.

Warm take: metaphor fail?

I'll take metaphors for sexism for 1000, Ken. Make it a true daily double.
4 min read
Oct
28
Apple pie with Vanilla ice cream, on a grey-on-grey place setting, lattice-woven placemat, glassware in the background

Warm Take: abdication mode

Leaders need to be in the details.
7 min read
Sep
02
12 people ice trekking, Perito Moreno Glacier, El Calafate, Patagonia. Colorful winter clothing, cloudy sky, blue/white ice.

Warm take: when risk outweighs reward

The intervention is not the transformation.
4 min read
Aug
12
White adirondack-style chair, next to a white table, on a dock; lake, trees, and blue sky/clouds in background.

Summer Reading 2024: On Management #55

The "I got it at my library" edition
10 min read
Jun
23
Wildflower field - brilliantly colored flowers - red, purple, yellow - topping neutral sage greens

Warm take: scale vs. scope

You can't demonstrate care in a crappy system.
4 min read
Apr
21
Warm take: out of bounds!

Warm take: out of bounds!

Opining (since 2013!) that controlled substances are a bad look for a workplace.
5 min read
Mar
10
Women in a crowd wearing lots of pink, pink-hatted young girl piggyback with her mom, in red.

International Women's Day, indeed: On Management #54

"I'm done with scraps. Give women power." Elmira Bayrasli
5 min read
Jan
29
Photo of an astronaut, on the moon, facing camera, others reflected in his visor

Warm take: when do you believe what you read?

I have questions.
3 min read
Dec
31
Hasta la vista, 2023: On Management #53

Hasta la vista, 2023: On Management #53

"...They say things are done for the majority/Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear..." Lou Reed, "Last Great American Whale"
12 min read
Nov
26
Two metal, coin operated binoculars, overlooking a canyon. River at the bottom, tree-lined ridges, greys and greens dominate.

Warm Take: up periscope

Am I seeing a pattern? Or, am I seeing my own experience, and inferring the world?
4 min read