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Re:Yes, And – How to be effective in the theatre of work by topcat31 on Saturday November 30, 2019 @01:53PM (#21671542)
Author here - thanks for all the comments and feedback. Lovely surprise to wake up to this on the HN homepage.

Some light additional context - this is part of my ongoing series "The Strategic Independent" which will eventually become a book sometime next year. All the posts in that series are catalogued here: https://www.are.na/tom-critchlow/the-strategic-independent

This post (and the whole series) is designed for independent consultants, free-agents and freelancers who have to navigate entering and exiting client environments often faster than full-time employees. Hopefully there's something useful in that context but many of these ideas could be applicable beyond that also.

Anyway - thanks for the love. If you have topic suggestions for future posts in this series would love to hear them! Thanks, Tom.

Re:Yes, And – How to be effective in the theatre of work by adenverd on Saturday November 30, 2019 @02:23PM (#21671690)
> Hopefully there's something useful in that context but many of these ideas could be applicable beyond that also.

They’re very applicable outside the context of consulting - they’re fundamental for any leader joining a new organization to integrate well and get things done. Consultants transition more often than most; the principles you’ve shared are a great reference for the rest of us on how to be effective in a new environment.

Re:Yes, And – How to be effective in the theatre of work by topcat31 on Saturday November 30, 2019 @02:04PM (#21671600)
Also - thank you Github pages & Cloudflare for keeping my site up through a HN bump.