One Approach to Defining Your Company’s Vision, Mission, and Values

It’s that time of year. People scrambling to return a last few holiday gifts, to sneak in a few more holiday treats, or to squeeze in those last few days of break before revving the engines to start their new…

5 Things to Look for in a People Ops Leader

Earlier this year we made the decision at Remind to begin a search for a VP of People Operations (or what companies used to call a VP of HR). What drove this decision at our company — was it because we hit a magic number of employees and felt we needed…

Trying On Some Waking Up With Sam Harris

My brother’s been raving about this guy Sam Harris and his “Waking Up” podcast for well over a year now. Harris’s Wikipedia page describes him as “an American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, critic of religion, blogger, public intellectual, and podcast…

One Way To Describe What Enterprise Ready Looks Like

The end of 2018 grows near. Now’s the time to both reflect on the last year and the successes and failures your experienced at your…

The Opportunity Myth Of College Readiness

A few weeks back I had the chance to chat with Dan Weiseberg, CEO of TNTP (formerly…

The Challenge of Idea Versus Reality

Our minds are wonderful creations. They have the capacity to imagine the amazing and design the most creative results — from art to…

What Being Number One Really Means

As a kid I used to watch sports with my grandfather every visit I made to his Portland home. We’d watch any game that might be on — baseball, basketball, or football — and during each telecast he’d sit quietly until that same moment in every telecast. As soon as the…

Netflix for Education: Remind As An Emerging Learning Experience Platform

When I read about a business trend that’s emerging in another sector I often find myself imagining how that theme might apply to what we’re doing at Remind.com. Yep, my opinionated self can’t help but…

CEO Time Management v2.0 — The 6 P’s That Frame My Focus

I began the new year focused on a single question: “How do I define my focus in 2018 to support the wide range of efforts at Remind?” And while I have areas that I’m focused on personally — such as living healthy, learning more…

P-TECH: A Scalable Model That Combines High School, Higher Ed, and the Workplace

It’s been nearly two years since I visited the original Pathways in Technology Early College High (P-TECH) high school in Brooklyn, NY. Three distinct memories remain from that sunny October…