Oz Akan

@oz.akan.io

Author. Builder. Tinkerer. Runner. Reader. Curious about time, space, quantum, and mind. Poodle dad. My Newsletter: https://oz.akan.io/newsletter

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Longform Stories

A Ladder, Not a Checklist

Most management advice treats knowing your people as a list of questions to ask. The Truth Ladder is a sequence. Each rung is the price of admission to the next.

May 28·4 min read·640 words

Your Report Isn't Difficult. They're Afraid.

By the time a working adult brings fear to a job, they have compressed it into something the workplace will accept. The manager sees the currency and misses the fear.

May 26·3 min read·439 words

The Rung Where Drive Goes Missing

Most managers think drive is a setting on the person. It's a current — and they're often the resistance.

May 14·3 min read·580 words

Most Managers Know the Work. Very Few Know the People.

Most managers can tell you what their people are working on in thirty seconds. Ask what those people want or fear, and the silence starts.

May 10·3 min read·483 words