The experience is one where yes, there is often integration up to a point. But what is missing is like a sidecurb(without curb cuts) for a wheelchair: small enough from a distance, but a complete blocker up close.

Read more (with examples) here:
inquivision.com/curbcuts

On paper, the two look similar, offering a similar suite of products that cater to similar needs (e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, slides, etc.)

In practice, the difference in user-experience is much more like this picture.

After thinking it through, I realized that there are two fundamental tradeoffs facing every leader: If you tell your subordinates what to do, that sends the signal that in future, every simliar decision should go to you....

(read the rest here: inquivision.com/leadership-d... )

... their direct
subordinates. This puzzled me: why would they do this? Wouldn’t it
suffice to just tell their subordinates “hey, do this!”?

So we had a very intimate view of how EDB and our leadership operated.

After some time, I realised that there was a fundamental dilemma, as a leader of leaders.

I first realised this dilemma, when I observed that many senior
management often put a LOT of effort into convincing...

Exco met weekly, and we supported them with secretarial
work: the duty secretariat members would clarify the meeting agenda with
EDB Chairman, coordinate with the EDBians tabling items to Exco, take
minutes, and also capture follow-ups.

I was explaining that I was very privileged, as a middle manager in
EDB’s Strategic Planning team from 2015-2018. The EDB SP team (together
with our Corporate Planning colleagues) functioned as the secretariat
for our Executive Committee (“Exco”), which comprised of our most senior
management.

before I made a decision.....

(You can read the rest, including how a cat played a role, here:
abuddhistblog.org/posts/2025-0... )

How, then, did I finally decide? Here is what I did:I first collected all the information I could about both job opportunities. I was candid in sharing with each organisation about my conversations with the other org, and made sure to clarify information about job roles, pay, benefits etc. etc. ...

I was really quite stuck, and told a friend that this seemed to me to be
(not an apples-to-oranges comparison, but) “an apple flower (non-profit
startup) vs. a ripe durian fruit (government job with a mature
organisation) comparison”.

There was a 90% pay differential between the two jobs, and for most people, that is the deciding factor. But for me, the pay differential wasn’t really the main factor... The main factor in my mind is whether a job allows me to practice the Dhamma, well. And both jobs fulfil that criteria.

thanks! Definitely needed to hear that. 🙏😊

haha i had the same thought!!

thanks for sharing!
what are some primary sources of Russian disinformation strategy eg are there any translated textbooks or manuals about “active measures” which you can recommend?

i’m so sorry you experienced that….

I find Lick to be a complete inspiration.

And I am of the opinion that every new industry probably needs its own version of Lick: someone generous, altruistic for the community, and who isn't afraid to support and champion others, no matter how junior they are.

What do y'all think?

Lick's wife recalled "Those kids literally lived in (Lick's office): he made visitors from Washington sit in a little cubbyhole so that the lixkids (sic) wouldn't have to leave his office." (page 431-432 from Dream Machine, Stripe Press).