Picard Tips
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Wishing for a thing does not make it so.
By @JoeSondow.bsky.social
By @JoeSondow.bsky.social
Reposted by Picard Tips
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Picard management tip: You're going to meet some buffoons and scoundrels. Try to be the better person.
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Picard management tip: You're going to meet some buffoons and scoundrels. Try to be the better person.
Picard management tip: Stirring up competition between crew members is the opposite of your job.
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Picard management tip: Stirring up competition between crew members is the opposite of your job.
Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Picard management tip: Debate honestly. The goal is to arrive at the truth, not at your preconception.
Picard artistry tip: Lacking innate talent at a skill doesn't mean you should stop. On the contrary, it means you need to practice.
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Picard artistry tip: Lacking innate talent at a skill doesn't mean you should stop. On the contrary, it means you need to practice.
Picard management tip: When you hear yourself start to raise your voice, stop, take a breath, smile, then speak politely.
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Picard management tip: When you hear yourself start to raise your voice, stop, take a breath, smile, then speak politely.
Picard management tip: Leave the bridge sometimes. Other people can handle things fine without you.
February 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Picard management tip: Leave the bridge sometimes. Other people can handle things fine without you.
Picard style tip: If you're balding, don't hide it. Own it.
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Picard style tip: If you're balding, don't hide it. Own it.
Picard management tip: Take your best crew members at their word, however surprising their claims may sound.
February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Picard management tip: Take your best crew members at their word, however surprising their claims may sound.
Picard management tip: Polite crew members solve problems together. Rude crew members escalate problems all by themselves.
January 31, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Picard management tip: Polite crew members solve problems together. Rude crew members escalate problems all by themselves.
Picard leadership tip: If your people are in need of a better example to follow, and if you are confident you can be that example, then consider, really consider, postponing your retirement.
January 30, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Picard leadership tip: If your people are in need of a better example to follow, and if you are confident you can be that example, then consider, really consider, postponing your retirement.
Picard management tip: Your orders do not dictate your ideals. Your ideals determine how you interpret your orders.
January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Picard management tip: Your orders do not dictate your ideals. Your ideals determine how you interpret your orders.
Picard cosmology tip: Six sevenths of all matter is undetectable, so stop thinking you know so much.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Picard cosmology tip: Six sevenths of all matter is undetectable, so stop thinking you know so much.
Picard management tip: If it feels like time is moving at the wrong speed, cancel a few meetings.
January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Picard management tip: If it feels like time is moving at the wrong speed, cancel a few meetings.
Picard management tip: If you never fail, you aren't going boldly enough.
January 26, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Picard management tip: If you never fail, you aren't going boldly enough.
Picard economic tip: The risks of confinement to a single planet exceed the costs of interstellar travel.
January 25, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Picard economic tip: The risks of confinement to a single planet exceed the costs of interstellar travel.
Picard management tip: Run crisis drills when all is well. A real calamity is not a good time for training.
January 24, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Picard management tip: Run crisis drills when all is well. A real calamity is not a good time for training.
Picard Shakespeare tip: Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
January 23, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Picard Shakespeare tip: Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
Picard leadership tip: The larger your audience and the higher your position, the greater the need to communicate with care and precision.
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Picard leadership tip: The larger your audience and the higher your position, the greater the need to communicate with care and precision.
Picard management tip: If crew members have what they need to be comfortable, their work won't be all about money.
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Picard management tip: If crew members have what they need to be comfortable, their work won't be all about money.
Picard ethics tip: Target their weapons.
January 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Picard ethics tip: Target their weapons.
Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.
January 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.
Picard management tip: If you succeed too much and become cocky, recognize it, admit it, and stop it.
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Picard management tip: If you succeed too much and become cocky, recognize it, admit it, and stop it.
Picard schooling tip: Don't be too tentative. Have experiences. Be dastardly. Get into trouble.
January 17, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Picard schooling tip: Don't be too tentative. Have experiences. Be dastardly. Get into trouble.
Picard management tip: No good ever comes from checking your first officer's search history.
January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Picard management tip: No good ever comes from checking your first officer's search history.