We Need To Talk About (KPI) Kevin

The problems of “senior” leadership, and what (if anything) we can do about it.

I’ve been trying to write longer-form pieces — which I fully realize no one has the time to read, so that’s nice — about bigger issues in society. Most of these issues are pretty global, i.e. I feel like they’re experienced by many of us. A few of these issues are specifically related to my own fat ass, i.e. infertility. Here’s the list:

• Masculinity
• Fertility and infertility
• Empathy
• Life’s bullshit
• Failure
• Sexuality
• Friendship
• Being performative
• Convenience
• Gender and the workplace
• Productivity
• Purpose
• Being busy
• Burnout
• Onboarding
• How does “woke” relate to “work?”
• Working from home
• Senior leadership and being more in touch with employees
• Respect at work
• Human belonging

First: Senior leaders (“leaders”) are…