Careers & Craft

How to Feed a Monster (Leading in Elite Organizations)

See how a high-level executive coach can turn a memorable moment from The Wire into a teachable moment for people with high-stress leadership jobs in…

Sep 15 • Ken Basin

How the Best in the Business Give and Respond to Creative Notes

If you're as fascinated and inspired by true excellence in any professional craft as I am — or if you want to see one small example of what makes HBO…

Jun 18 • Ken Basin

You Could Just Ask

Two showrunners have completely opposite preferences when it comes to studio notes. Neither is wrong. So why do execs try to guess — or worse, impose…

Jun 16 • Ken Basin

The Other AI Training Problem

AI may not take over all of our jobs for a while — but the jobs it's already taking are the ones we use to teach newcomers the business. Do we have a…

Apr 27 • Ken Basin

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