Most bosses develop an intuition for when something’s brewing. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
The next step - Johnathan & Melissa
Most bosses develop an intuition for when something’s brewing.
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Melissa Nightingale
@shappy.bsky.social
I’d like to thank all my terrible bosses for helping me get where I am today. worldsbestnewsletter.com
Feeling this quote as a fairly new manager. “Management is nearly unique as a discipline in that most people doing it were trained to do something else, promoted because of that other skillset, and given little to no guidance on how to do their current job”
Raw Signal Group@rawsignal.ca · 2mo agoAs a manager, it's hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
As a manager, it's hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
Have you ever had a bad boss? - Johnathan & Melissa
As a manager, it's hard to look at these two columns and not ask yourself where your people would place you.
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The Raw Signal Group, 1414 Danforth Ave., stands as one of the oldest bank buildings in Toronto, constructed in 1919, displaying a Neo Gothic and Art Deco architectural style. beachmetro.com/2026/05/20/r...
R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, Kew Beach Lawn Bowling Club among local sites taking part in Doors Open Toronto – Beach Metro Community News
The R.C. Water Treatment Plant on Queen Street East at the foot of Victoria Park Avenue is among the East Toronto buildings that the public can visit
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Team @rawsignal.ca is in @theglobeandmail.com talking dead rats in frying pans and transformation www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...
New love for an old bank
‘You can’t move into a building like this and not take care of it’
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This is the trick when your job is thinking big thoughts. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
The decision that ruined business travel forever - Johnathan & Melissa
This is the trick when your job is thinking big thoughts.
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This is a "what matters is what matters" newsletter. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
The last thing you need humans for - Johnathan & Melissa
This is a "what matters is what matters" newsletter.
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It's not just you--job hunting today really is a beast. As @shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social put it, the front door is fucked. The secret? Focus on connecting with actual human people. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
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There's a massive difference between what a lot of workplaces THINK they're asking of their people re: using AI... And what's actually happening. @shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social talked about that difference with @theatlantic.com recently:
Shocking, I know. But the loudest conflict going on at work right now is not between prod and eng.
Raw Signal Group@rawsignal.ca · 4mo ago@shappy.bsky.social and @johnathan.bsky.social are on @theatlantic.com's Galaxy Brain with @cwarzel.bsky.social to talk about AI 🤝 management. And this part pretty much spells out one of the loudest conflicts going on at work right now:
Just found one of the last places in Canada that stocks Old Bay hot sauce and bought out their entire stock. Except one bottle. If you need to know where to find it, dm me.
Listen. Listen. @shappy.bsky.social and I are making new stickers and they're going to be very good. That is all.
Pictured: @shappy.bsky.social trying to get out of the way of the photo. Also pictured: @johnathan.bsky.social well, uh, doing the exact opposite. Also also pictured: new window art at the bank (our HQ is a restored bank if you’re new here hi 👋)
The difference between the theater of work and actual work. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
None of this is real and it doesn't matter - Raw Signal Group
The difference between the theater of work and actual work.
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"It's fair to ask why one should have to compel people to use a tool if it's so obviously incredible." @rawsignal.ca on the AI boomlet and the hazards to their own workers many tech CEOs are ignoring.
How did they not know?
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While they’re doing that, while they are out there on the edge of what’s possible, stop fucking with the seating chart.
Raw Signal Group@rawsignal.ca · last yr.If one more exec pastes one more link about workplace dips in productivity, the managers are going lose it. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
OH @rawsignal.ca HQ on Newsletter Tuesday: "I don't think we can add in the Fraggle Rock thing cause it's gonna take at least 150 words to explain what we're talking about"
"Forcing dedicated and decorated staff to resign based on their gender identity is not good fucking management. Eliminating a program literally focused on elevating great management is…well it’s not great." See? 🔥🔥🔥
"Midnight layoffs of gold-standard teams finding hundreds of millions in savings is not good management. Eliminating policies that drive transparency and accountability is not good management. Double-counting and faking your metrics is not good management."
"Intentionally putting teams into chronic stress is not good management, it’s ideology. Sending conflicting orders within the same management chain is not good management, it’s incompetence. Understaffing critical roles is not good management, it’s poor impulse control."
I missed this when it first dropped, but damn @jonathannight.bsky.social @shappy.bsky.social this is 🔥❤️🔥 www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
Run it like a business - Raw Signal Group
You should have just said "run it badly."
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The froth has subsided. And in its wake, organizations have found some truly short-signed approaches to labour. www.rawsignal.ca/newsletter-a...
If you self-identify as a people-pleaser, and you’re in management, look over here for a sec.
Where are the people-pleasers? - Raw Signal Group
The biggest issue for people-pleasing leaders isn't that they need to be tougher. Or scream more. Or play a different boss on TV.
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