Growth of Slack Users to 10M DAU
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Are you on Slack (or another messaging platform)?

There’s been insane growth in the use of Slack as an internal messaging platform to reduce the volume of internal emails and from what I’ve seen from companies who adopt it, it has passionate fans! Those fans have driven incredible growth in their user base. What’s interesting to me is how much Slack has grown…

Simon and Siouxsie catch a snake
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When you are afraid, but you do it anyway.

In our house, there’s only one show that the whole family watches religiously the moment it’s available and that’s Snake City.  Snake City is a show that follows a South African snake catcher (Simon Keys) and his assistant/girlfriend (Siouxsie Gillett) as they drive around Durban catching poisonous snakes. (Durban is loaded with venomous snakes!) Simon…

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How to revisit a decision you’ve already made

Making significant decisions is one of the most challenging aspects of leadership. When you are making decisions outside of your experience base, or when the landscape has changed, and the data isn’t pointing in a definite direction, this gets even more challenging! Maybe there are strong opinions in your team that are leading in different…