The Huddle

Brett kicks things off with a (minor!) fender bender and a Lady Gaga-fueled beef with Greg about new music. Then we get into the real talk: Everyone’s in a rough spot—burned out, overworked, and just trying to keep up.

The Review

Forced efficiency: the myth of cutting your way to greatness

Brett breaks down what happens when leaders slash people, processes, and budgets—without a real plan—and still expect things to keep running magically. Inspired by Musk-level mayhem and personal experience, this conversation explores how panic is often disguised as "efficiency."

Here’s the truth: You can’t cut your way to greatness. Real efficiency isn’t about trimming fat—it’s about building muscle memory.

Spoiler: It’s not pizza or “thoughts and prayers.” It’s presence, purpose, and follow-through.

Also on Same Page this week:

• The hidden cost of missed documentation
• How documentation became a pillar for team transparency

The Ask

Join us for our first-ever live event: The Huddle

🗓 Wednesday, April 9, 2025

🕧 12:30–1:00pm ET

🎯 30 minutes of insights, conversation, resource sharing, a few laughs, and a high five to close.

Register now

The Hit List

What we’re reading, writing, watching, and listening to this week:

Reading

• 'Heat' and 'Top Gun' Actor Val Kilmer Dead: Michael Mann, Francis Ford Coppola, and More Pay Tribute
• How Well-Meaning Systems Stifle Business Growth

Listening

• Romance by Fontaines D.C.
• Forever is a feeling by Lucy Dacus

Writing

• Eject disk. A manifesto for everyone stuck in the system that keeps crashing you.

Watching

• Severance

The High Five

To those who are going through it, we see you going to work and dealing with chaos.