DISCUSSED: Dan is back from reporting on the show floor; recommendations for some Back to Work-adjacent podcast episodes; incidental thoughts and advice on presentations as performance; everybody wants a better email app; and Dan shares his thoughts on The Batman;

Links:

• CleanShot X for Mac
• Win Workplace Negotiations - Sessions - MasterClass — And you’ll get plenty of no-pressure practice to help you ace high-pressure situations.
• How to Use Calibrated Questions to Negotiate Strategically - 2022 - MasterClass — Calibrated questions are “how” and “what” questions structured for maximum effect.
• Chris Voss FBI hostage negotiator on being assertive — No matter how conflict-averse you are there are a few key ways you can persuade people to give you what you want—whether you’re arguing at home with your spouse, trying to get a free upgrade at a hotel, or, in Chris’s case, negotiating with terrorists.
• Returning to the Office . . . While Black | The New Yorker Radio Hour | WNYC Studios — The Radio Hour’s KalaLea talks with four Black professionals and compares their experience to that of Robert Churchwell, a Black reporter hired by the Nashville Banner in 1950. Churchwell was excluded from the white newsroom and worked from home for five years.