The Way of Work: Series Index
Here is a complete collection all the series I've written (and new ones coming soon)...
The Way of Work is a series-based newsletter that explores different stories and ideas about where we fit in the world of work. Check out one of our series to get started…
Series 01: Work in Progress
10-part series (plus, a Summary + Intermission)
Reflections on 12 years of evolution from an early startup employee, turned public company executive. Or, how I built my career.
Part 1: From early startup to $2B public company, what 12 years at Privia Health taught me »
Part 2: Committed: How to give a damn about your work »
Part 3: Fluidity: How to continually reinvent yourself (in a world of change) »
Part 4: Why you probably have a low leverage career (and how to create more leverage) »
Part 5: In the Clutch: Seizing high leverage career moments »
Part 6: Stage Fright: The wrong company stage will crush you »
Part 7: Early Stage Innovation: What it’s like at the beginning »
Part 8: How to stay out of their box (in your career) »
Part 9: On Quitting (when it’s unclear whether to quit) »
Part 10: Luck: Things worked out for me, so they should for you too »
Summary: 10 Takeaways from a ‘Work in Progress’ (or, how to build a career) »
Intermission: What’s Next »
Series 02: Don’t Work
10-part series (in process)
What happens when you don’t work? When your primary identity, centered around work, disappears? What remains? And what is rediscovered in its place?
Part 1: Work identity serves, then severs »
Part 2: Unraveling the layers of working identity »
Part 3: The Value of Disappearing »
Part 4: How to be unproductive »
Part 5: Beyond our basic ambition »
Part 6: The “Hard Work” Delusion »
Part 7: Diversified Portfolio of Identities »
Part 8: Scaling down, after scaling up
Part 9: Coming soon…
Part 10: Coming soon…
Summary: Coming soon…
Intermission: Coming soon…
Series 03: The Other Side of Enough
Coming Soon
What happens when we reach “enough?” Enough to never have to work again.
This series explores the lives of people who have enough. It’s the real story of what happens when our dreams come true.
Part 1: Coming soon…
Series 04: Org Alchemy
Coming Soon
Lessons from building teams and learning to play nice with people. Written by a former startup employee turned public company senior executive.
Part 1: Coming soon…
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Cheers,