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title: Tech and leadership blog | Jo Crossick
description: Everyone keeps on telling me to blog more. Maybe one day I'll listen to you all.
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Here's the blog  
Previously I used to just hope that people liked it. But now I have analytics...

<https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/having-it-all-not-doing-it-all>

[systems-thinking](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/systems-thinking)

### [Having it all. Not doing it all.](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/having-it-all-not-doing-it-all)

“You can’t have it all”.

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-05-11%20at%2014.22.43.png) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/one-true-original-thought)

[culture](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/culture)

### [One true original thought](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/one-true-original-thought)

A decade ago, more or less, my husband and I were dissecting the latest direction to come from one...

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/moonlit-sea.jpg) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/a-personal-view-on-personality-tests)

[culture](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/culture)

### [A personal view on personality tests](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/a-personal-view-on-personality-tests)

So. New job, new personality test. An opportunity to add another 4-colour quandrant-based set of...

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/arthur_low_quality.jpg) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/network-like-a-woman)

[culture](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/culture)

### [Network like a woman](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/network-like-a-woman)

“You need to network more”

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/arthur-snuggles-1.jpg) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/how-to-debug-your-goals)

[leadership](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/leadership)

### [How to debug your goals](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/how-to-debug-your-goals)

Goal-setting is hard. It’s hard, but important. It feels like it should be easy, but it’s not....

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/cat-1.jpeg) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/no-feedback.html)

[feedback](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/feedback)

### [Why I'm not giving feedback any more](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/no-feedback.html)

How did a feedback fanatic end up giving up on feedback? This blog post was written a few years...

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/2x2-importance-urgency_879818dc.png) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/never-delegate-how-and-why.html)

[culture](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/culture)

### [Never delegate: how and why](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/never-delegate-how-and-why.html)

*TLDR: Instead of delegating, make sure it was never your job in the first place.*

Hands up if...

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/Excited%20creative%20business%20people%20giving%20high-five%20in%20meeting%20room%20at%20creative%20office.jpeg) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/how-to-avoid-meetings.html)

[culture](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/culture)

### [This meeting could not have been an email](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/how-to-avoid-meetings.html)

LinkedIn et al abounds with people entreating you to have fewer meetings. You’ve probably wished...

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/Mira%20box-1.jpg) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/questions-superpower.html)

[culture](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/culture)

### [Questions are a superpower](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/questions-superpower.html)

One of the most valuable professional skills to master is the art of asking questions. Being good...

[![](https://www.jocrossick.com/hubfs/deskcat.jpg) ](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/no-code-reviews.html)

[feedback](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/tag/feedback)

### [The case against code reviews](https://www.jocrossick.com/blog/no-code-reviews.html)

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