Work – Page 3 – Roger's Digital Commonplace Book

Learning Out Loud: Neurodivergent Leadership and the Art of Continuous Feedback

People love to call feedback “difficult” or “spicy”, and it certainly can be, but it’s really just part of leading humans. The discomfort comes from waiting too long — from…

by rogersiggs October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

Leadership Work

Control the Narrative to Control the Outcome

There’s a quiet truth in engineering leadership: he who controls the narrative, controls the outcome. It’s not about ego or hierarchy. It’s about influence — the kind that shapes how…

by rogersiggs October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Personal Work

Friendly Note System

Bullet journaling is powerful, but let’s be real: most engineers and neurodivergent professionals don’t have the time (or executive bandwidth) to maintain a complicated system. We’re not trying to design…

by rogersiggs September 19, 2025September 19, 2025

Work

Vanishing Foundations

The rise of AI is being celebrated as inevitable “progress,” but look closer and you’ll see the hollowing out beneath our feet. Entry-level jobs, apprenticeships, the first rungs on the…

by rogersiggs September 10, 2025September 10, 2025

Hobbies Leadership Personal

After the Final Boss: Destiny 2, Storylines, and Reactive Leadership

I usually write about leadership, systems, and the ways organizations succeed—or fail—under pressure. Today, I want to take a slightly different angle: a case study from a place that’s personal,…

by rogersiggs September 5, 2025September 5, 2025