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The Semmelweis Reflex
What we do to the messenger who proves us wrong
Sep 9 • Mike Fisher
Load-Bearing People
The eleven lines of code that broke the internet, and what they teach us about our teams
Sep 2 • Mike Fisher

August 2026

The Sea Squirt Problem
What happens after you find your rock
Aug 26 • Mike Fisher
Seeing Like a State
What a dead German forest teaches us about dashboards
Aug 19 • Mike Fisher
The Subtraction Instinct
Why your best improvement might be a deletion
Aug 12 • Mike Fisher
Relentless Forward Progress
What the world’s hardest endurance feats reveal about leading through the long middle
Aug 5 • Mike Fisher

July 2026

Zugunruhe
Why your best people get restless, and what to do when they start facing the window
Jul 29 • Mike Fisher
The Vital Few
What Price’s Law gets right, what it gets wrong, and the job it leaves for you
Jul 22 • Mike Fisher
A Small Problem
What a pilot gliding a powerless 747 understood about leading
Jul 15 • Mike Fisher
When Nothing Happens
Why bad behavior often goes unpunished, and what changes when it finally doesn’t
Jul 8 • Mike Fisher
50 Articles That Shaped My Thinking
The ideas, frameworks, and lessons from three years of writing weekly about leadership, culture, product, and technology
Jul 1 • Mike Fisher

June 2026

The Network You Can’t See
Why the smartest leaders cultivate the connections they don’t manage
Jun 24 • Mike Fisher
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