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17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 12 Jun 2005 to 22 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about hiring.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under design design Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Teams that do not build their own plans end up following someone else's. Teams that do not build their own plansend up following someone else's. Last stated a week ago 22 Oct 2026 ES Eli Schwartz — holds since 2026-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO cannot be a calibrated interviewer for every role, so insisting on interviewing every candidate makes hiring worse rather than better. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO cannot be a calibratedinterviewer for every role, soinsisting on interviewing everycandidate makes hiring worse ratherthan better. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company hiring a designer is not hiring a politician or spokesperson, so it should just get into the design work. — tap to centre the map on it A company hiring a designer is nothiring a politician or spokesperson,so it should just get into thedesign work. Last stated a month ago 29 Sept 2026 DM Danny Martinez — holds since 2026-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should always have as few employees as possible, and hiring is the lever a leader reaches for last rather than first. — tap to centre the map on it A company should always have as fewemployees as possible, and hiring isthe lever a leader reaches for lastrather than first. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should hire a product manager only against a specific need, never by default. — tap to centre the map on it A company should hire a productmanager only against a specificneed, never by default. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that stops hiring new graduates because AI makes juniors look unnecessary will have no senior engineers in a few years' time. — tap to centre the map on it A company that stops hiring newgraduates because AI makes juniorslook unnecessary will have no seniorengineers in a few years' time. Last stated 7 months ago 1 Apr 2026 TP Thuan Pham — holds since 2026-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design team should be well rounded, with many different strengths, because no single designer checks every box. — tap to centre the map on it A design team should be wellrounded, with many differentstrengths, because no singledesigner checks every box. Last stated 3 months ago 16 Aug 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hiring loop should have few, well-calibrated interviewers rather than many, because extra interviewers add veto points instead of judgement. — tap to centre the map on it A hiring loop should have few,well-calibrated interviewers ratherthan many, because extrainterviewers add veto points insteadof judgement. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Dec 2024 CM Charity Majors — no longer holds since 2024-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A labor market stuck in a low-hiring equilibrium will see employment decline outright unless hiring rates recover. — tap to centre the map on it A labor market stuck in a low-hiringequilibrium will see employmentdecline outright unless hiring ratesrecover. Last stated 10 months ago 11 Jan 2026 JP Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free person thinks about death least of all; their wisdom is a meditation on life, not death — tap to centre the map on it A free person thinks about deathleast of all; their wisdom is ameditation on life, not death BS Baruch Spinoza — holds since c. 1661–1675 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life is forged from the very things that make it hard, since joy and pain in relationships come together. — tap to centre the map on it A good life is forged from the verythings that make it hard, since joyand pain in relationships cometogether. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Jan 2023 RW Robert Waldinger — holds since 2023-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Asking each morning whether today would be worth living as the last day of one’s life shows when something needs to change. — tap to centre the map on it Asking each morning whether todaywould be worth living as the lastday of one’s life shows whensomething needs to change. Last stated 21 years ago 12 Jun 2005 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 2005-06-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Giving kids independence is beneficial for them — tap to centre the map on it Giving kids independence isbeneficial for them Last stated 5 years ago 27 Apr 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-04-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Life ultimately means taking responsibility for answering its problems and fulfilling the tasks it sets each person — tap to centre the map on it Life ultimately means takingresponsibility for answering itsproblems and fulfilling the tasks itsets each person VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1946–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated 2 months ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building the life you actually want takes discipline: to work out what you want, and to turn down cool, lucrative opportunities. — tap to centre the map on it Building the life you actually wanttakes discipline: to work out whatyou want, and to turn down cool,lucrative opportunities. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Aug 2026 RH Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Essentialism means rejecting the idea that if we can fit it all in, we can have it all — tap to centre the map on it Essentialism means rejecting theidea that if we can fit it all in,we can have it all Last stated 12 years ago 26 Jul 2014 GM Greg McKeown — holds since 2014-07-26 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Teams that do not build their own plans end up following someone else's. Last stated 22 Oct 2026 · a week ago Holds Eli Schwartz Read this korrent →