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Bad Management, live and unfiltered.

Conversations, breakdowns, and live Q&A on the management mistakes that ruin good work — and the systems that fix them.

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EP 014 · 42 MIN · MAY 06, 2026

Why your standup is a hostage situation

What started as 15-minute alignment is now a 45-minute therapy session no one consented to. I break down the four reasons standups go feral, and three drop-in replacements that produce decisions instead of updates.

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Chill games. Serious business. No corporate theater.

Same brain, three channels. Long-form for the commute, live for the office hours, short-form for the doomscroll.

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The Podcast

Weekly 30–60 minute episodes. Interviews with operators, founders and the occasional misfit, plus solo breakdowns of management failures in the wild.

14 episodes // new every Wednesday
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Twitch Live

Live every Thursday 8pm PT. Operator Q&A, founder office hours, real-time diagnostics, and occasionally a video game that goes badly on purpose.

2.1k followers // weekly · Thu 8pm PT
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YouTube + Clips

Full episodes, edited highlights, and 60-second clips. The "send this to my manager" channel — and probably how this site ended up on your screen.

18.4k subs // daily clips · weekly long-form
[03] This week's schedule all times PT
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[04] Recent episodes 14 / 14

Pick your poison.

EP 014Why your standup is a hostage situationA breakdown of the four reasons standups go feral, and what to install instead.42 MIN
MAY 06
EP 013The founder bottleneck (and how to remove yourself)With guest operator Maya R., on the architecture of leaving the room.58 MIN
APR 29
EP 012Ownership is not a vibeA solo episode on the decision-rights doc that fixes 80% of operating mess.36 MIN
APR 22
EP 011Smart teams, stupid decisionsThe structural reasons high-trust groups produce low-quality decisions.49 MIN
APR 15
EP 010Field guide: the 7 meetings worth keepingA practical taxonomy with a Loom of my real calendar (lightly redacted).31 MIN
APR 08
EP 009No corporate theaterWar on performative leadership, and the people quietly funding it.44 MIN
APR 01
EP 008Pricing for misfitsFor studios and creatives who undercharge by default. With guest J. Howard.51 MIN
MAR 25
EP 007Strategy is what you actually doThe plan vs. the calendar — the calendar wins, and what to do about it.38 MIN
MAR 18
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[05] Greatest hits / clips send these

60 seconds. Forward to your manager.

CLIP / 01 · EP 012
"If you can't name one person accountable, it doesn't exist."
0:58 · 12.4k VIEWS
CLIP / 02 · EP 010
"Every meeting on your calendar should justify its existence quarterly."
1:12 · 28.1k VIEWS
CLIP / 03 · EP 013
"You're not a founder. You're the runtime."
0:46 · 41.7k VIEWS
CLIP / 04 · EP 007
"The plan says one thing. The calendar says another. The calendar wins."
1:04 · 19.8k VIEWS
CLIP / 05 · EP 009
"We've been told performance is a substitute for management."
1:24 · 9.3k VIEWS
CLIP / 06 · EP 014
"Standup isn't sacred. It's a habit you can fire."
0:52 · 7.1k VIEWS

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