Kevin A Fischer

Aspiring polymath. Productivity wonk.

Posts

The Hubris of Annual Planning What I've learned after 5 years of deeply planning my year Jan 5, 2026
What I Learned Running Tetheros After three years, I’m thrilled to announce the complete failure of my startup. Here's everything I learned. Apr 27, 2025
Why Your Job Is Boring Your brain thirsts for new and interesting thoughts, problems, and opportunities. It's your responsibility to quench it. Mar 15, 2025
5 Ways to Achieve a Healthy Work Life Imbalance How to find harmony without selling your soul. Mar 5, 2025
10 Predictions on the Future of Work (2024) We don't know what the future holds... and that's exciting. May 27, 2024
The 4 Day Workweek Is A Terrible Idea The 4-day workweek has trended on and off for many years Oct 7, 2023
6 Tips for Reading More When reading books began feeling like an assignment, I stepped away for 16 years. Sep 24, 2023
What I Learned Spending 12 Hours in an Airport I love airports. Even this one. Sep 16, 2023
How to Be a Superhero When You Don't Have Powers You don’t need talent to be great. Sep 3, 2023
That Time a German Guy Named Pavel Served Me Humble Pie A tiny, unassuming German guy named Pavel Kitsul taught me a valuable life lesson. Aug 25, 2023
5 Things I Learned Reading Humanocracy Human beings are creative. Organizations are not. Aug 20, 2023
Is Remote Work Effective? Would an entirely remote workforce outlast a competitor that only worked together in person? Aug 12, 2023
How to Give Better Presentations at Work Three presentation tricks to add to your bag Aug 7, 2023
What It Feels Like to Quit Your Job Without a Parachute Nobody changed the world working 40-hours a week. Aug 3, 2023
5 Team Interactions That Matter More Than the Work The hidden mechanics behind great teamwork Jul 31, 2023
The 3 Pillars of a Successful Week A meaningful life happens a week at a time. Jul 28, 2023
I'm Terrible at Business and Plan on Failing The business community is great at giving advice. Jun 21, 2023
Are Office Politics Bad? Beyond power and politiking Dec 2, 2022
Your Title Doesn't Matter Your role on a team is more than just a title Nov 26, 2022
3 Simple Ideas for Better Project Operations Escape bureaucracy. Get things done. Nov 25, 2022
3 Ways Habits Control Our Lives It starts with admitting we're lazy Nov 18, 2022
3 Reasons Operational Effectiveness Matters Most During a Recession Don't sleep on the things in your control when pennies get tight. Nov 17, 2022
Why Hourly Billing Is Killing You Slowly Picasso's opinion on hourly billing is worth a study Nov 10, 2022
Tetheros Elevator Pitch (2022 Edition) Why a platform like Tetheros needs to happen Nov 8, 2022
How to Get More Done Every Day You can only do so many things in a day. Oct 21, 2022
Five Ideas for Building an Outstanding Personal Brand What is your personal brand? Oct 15, 2022
A Leader's Guide to Setting Team Goals Purpose is the binding of the book you're writing together Oct 13, 2022
How to Make Others Think You're Disciplined Consistency is its own reward. Oct 11, 2022
How to Write Project Plans That Don't Suck Things I've learned about throwing a stellar project together Oct 8, 2022
How Pain Helps Your Team Work Better It's faster to do something slower and right, than wrong and twice. Oct 7, 2022
5 Ways Volunteer Teams Can Operate More Effectively Tips and tricks for volunteer-based teams Oct 3, 2022
I'm not going to help you unless you're helping others, for now Settting the world on fire with my business. Sep 27, 2022
4 Vital Lessons I Learned While Naming My Company My company is named Tetheros, which I think sounds pretty *swanky*. Sep 19, 2022
Why I'm Building Tetheros We're all searching for meaning in our lives. Sep 10, 2022
10 Life Lessons for Anyone in Their 20s Important things that took me three decades to learn. Jul 13, 2021