100% and this is unproductive in value creation for any organization. We all know it too when this is happening which is the sad part.

Organizational dysfunction is what I had in mind when I wrote it. It is highly complex. A founder led or a small organization is highly empowered to course correct the ship as opposed to organization with several layers of complexity. Everyone wants the buy-in but people don't have high agency.

Yeah, but tracking the monkey will only help you survive in there. It won't help fix the organization.

What fixes that problem is delegating the authority over team-sized problems to the teams, and structuring the organization so that larger issues are all contained over the equally sized management structures.

And despite management books all preaching that kind of organization, almost nobody does it in practice. A few problem-oriented organizations get the large structure right, but nobody at all gets the fine-grained delegation.

There is a lot of fear in sunsetting features. This could be due to friction in how long it takes to develop. For example, consumer technology does a better job than regulated industries such as finance or healthcare.

Fair. The problem is that neither design nor development will size the request until product gives them a priority but product cannot prioritize till they get a size. And the going around circle continues.

Don't let imposter syndrome bankrupt you from doing. If in doubt, take the first step because doubt kills more dreams than failures.

I see writing packaged into buckets: creative output and distribution. I am curious how much effort was spent on distribution of your output. I love writing and building but I have often found that my project has failed because I lacked marketing efforts (distribution). Creating is always fun but sharing that work is blocked by my imposter.

I would second these guidelines as well to make wfh manageable.

I'll emphasize on 3. Manage your expectations with your direct reports. Let them know in order to stay sane you are going to have set schedule to manage stress while wfh. I do this with everyone I meet at work to set those expectations onset. It has helped tremendously.

I am working on wisecharlie.com and mental models are really valuable.

I just finished this book and it has a profound impact on me. I have taken detailed notes so I have an easy access to it. https://themihirchronicles.com/bookshelf/how-to-win-friends-...

Mine is https://themihirchronicles.com/ and purposed to take notes that I can share with others.

* On Product Management: https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-product-management

* On Asking Questions: https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-asking-questions

* On Deliberate Practice: https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-deliberate-practice

* On Writing Well: https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-writing-well

* On Rhetorical Devices: https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-rhetorical-devices

* On Becoming A Craftsman: https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-becoming-craftsman

* On Tribes & Ideologies https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-tribes-ideologies:

* On Independent Thinking: https://themihirchronicles.com/blog/on-independent-thinking

I also share my book summaries here https://themihirchronicles.com/bookshelf.

Just read "On Rhetorical Devices" and liked it! Note that some of the linked pages aren't served due to GitHub Pages being temporarily down (at the time of writing of this comment).

Yep, it looks like it is back up again! And, thank you!