Nick deWilde

Careers

If you had your dream job, would you be happy?

Or, can you learn to love the job you have?

Learning

The Learning Loop of Knowledge Work

This post was originally published in The Jungle Gym. If you are a 21st Century knowledge worker, you are drowning in information. I say this knowing nothing about you or the specifics of your job. Yet, I’m certain this applies to you, your teammates, your direct reports, and your

Audience Building

The Rise of Platform Brands

Why companies are leveraging their employees to build audiences

Publishing

Audience as a career moat

How to engage an audience that serves your professional goals

Sensemaking

The T-Shaped Information Diet

Somewhere out there is an idea that could change your life...

Careers

Nine Trends That Will Shape Our Careers in 2021

From liquid employment to live-streaming work, here are the trends that will shape our careers in the year to come.

Careers

Integrating publishing with your profession

How writing online can expand your professional identity

Work

Work and Let Work

Three models for managing political conflict in the workplace

Work

The Minimum Viable Good Life

Building a future of work that promotes human flourishing

Community Building

The Social Architecture of Impactful Communities

A guide for community builders creating impactful organizations.

Careers

Your work and its meaning

Three strategies to align your career with your pursuit of meaning

Careers

Job Searching for Generalists

Also, a professional update on what I'm doing next.

Sensemaking

Viruses of the Body and Mind

Are your beliefs setting you up for success?

Careers

What kind of work ethic does it take to build a successful career?

Finding a job that doesn't feel like work.

Sensemaking

Why Your Mother Is Right

The hidden risks of bucking tradition.

Sensemaking

The Blue Church vs. The Red Religion: The Battle for How We Make Sense

Something’s broken with the way our society makes sense of reality

Careers

Is it a bad job or just a bad day?

Five lenses to view the question of whether it’s time to leave

Careers

Career Transition Risk and the Ladder of Legitimacy

A playbook for overcoming the objections of your future hiring manager.

Culture

Notion is the living room of the "cozyweb"

Make yourself comfortable

Sensemaking

How to gain an information-edge by asking better questions

The success your decisions depends on the quality of information you use to inform them.

Careers

This chart can tell you when it’s time to leave your job

And how to improve your role when you're no longer feeling inspired.

Personal Finance

A startup jobseeker’s guide for moving to San Francisco

America is losing its dynamism and succumbing to complacency. At least, that’s the argument Tyler Cowen makes in The Complacent Class...

Education

Will an MBA help you get ahead in tech?

One problem with taking advice from the internet is that the advice-giver doesn’t know you or your goals. This means he’ll likely substitute his own status and aspirations for yours. If you aren’t aware of this when following the advice, you can get steered in the wrong direction...

Personal Growth

10 Pieces of Advice for My Future Self

Some learnings from the last three decades.

Careers

How to End up with a Career That You Never Wanted

It always starts with a good reason...