Author: Ola Olusoga
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Farewell Automattic
June 1, 2022 was my last day at Automattic (A8C). The following day was a bit surreal; being disconnected from the internal communication tool (p2), the A8C slack channel, email, github, etc after 5.5 years. Though surreal, the day was filled with reflection on a lot positive memories during my time there. I joined Automattic…
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Radical delegation
This is a great framework to keep in mind when working on prioritizing focus and time. It’s easy to fall into the habit and have the assumption that you as the leader must do it all, but true leadership is growing your team to better support the work. “Work yourself out of a job” is…
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Charli turns 1
To my beautiful daughter, I love everything about you. You are perfect and I am very grateful to be your dad. Happy 1st birthday. I look forward to celebrating every year with you. Love, Dad. Here are pictures from your 1st birthday And here are captures of great moments during each month leading up to…
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Weekly notes, Aug 23-29 2021
Work The week was spent in Santa Catalina Island with the rest of the WordPress.com leadership team. Personal I’ve been working on updating my portfolio site. The home page is done. Now moving into the inner pages (cas studies, and ancillary components). Deactivated Everyplate subscription. It’s a great service, but the meals get a bit…
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Santa Catalina Island
Met up in real life (IRL) with the rest of the WordPress.com leadership team at Santa Catalina Island this past week. It was great to get together for planning, discussion, and some fun. Meetup attendees: Dave Martin (CEO) Monica Ohara (CMO) Mary Hubbard (CXO) Claire Song (CFO) Tim Thyne (VP Sales) Yael Rubenstein (VP, Mobile…
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SpaceX’s 5 Step Process
Make the requirements less dumb Try very hard to delete part of the process Simplify or optimize Accelerate cycle time Automate Recently came across The Everyday Astronaut’s interview with Elon Musk while scrolling through Twitter, and thought it was brilliant. During the interview, Elon breaks down SpaceX’s 5 step design and manufacturing process for building…
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Weekly notes, Aug 2-8 2021
Saw We watched A Quiet Place pt2 this weekend on Paramount+. Wasn’t aware Amazon video provided channel add-ons to the base prime subscription. Spotify Car Thing is an interesting attempt by Spotify to replace the radio hardware in cars, and/or the phone folks use to play music from. Regardless of if it sticks, it’s a…
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Weekly notes, Jul 26 – Aug 1, 2021
Work Usual 1:1s. A few hiring interviews. (Know any great designers?! We’re, Automattic, hiring! ) First month of Q3 is over. We have 5 months left before EOY. Zooming in on OKRs to track how we’re doing, and planning for the rest of the year. Kicked off a few projects. Look forward to sharing once…
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Weekly notes, June 28 – July 11, 2021
I missed last week’s notes—the fourth of July weekend—combining that, and this past week’s. This is a weekly ritual I’ll be trying out on my blog. It’s something I do internally at Automattic to recap my week, and share key happening across the division, and company with the team. I hadn’t considered doing it on…
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Weeknotes, June 21 – 25, 2021
This is a weekly ritual I’ll be trying out on my blog. It’s something I do internally at Automattic to recap my week, and share key happening across the division, and company with the team. I hadn’t considered doing it on my blog till seeing Dan Mall’s weekly notes, Jason Fried’s see something, hear something,…