Archive - Playbooks & Priorities by Emilie Schario

Your Concrete Will Crack. Plan for It.

Don’t prevent cracks. Guide them.

Jul 10 •

June 2025

Beyond Mission-Passion Fit

Why Your Career Needs Product-Market Fit Too

Jun 26 •

When the Default Wins

Why the Best Meal Planning App Is an Apple Note

Jun 12 •

May 2025

The Fine Line Between “Work About Work” and the Work That Matters

You’re reading Playbooks & Priorities, a newsletter about working, parenting, and working parenthood.

May 29 •

You Don't Have to Bring People Along: A Framework for Startup Decision-Making

Can we please kill the meeting before the meeting?

May 15 •

When Everyone Becomes an Editor: The Shift from Making to Reviewing in the AI Era

Update the job descriptions.

May 1 •

April 2025

Stop Shipping Beta Features

If you can’t be data-driven, take big swings.

Apr 10 •

March 2025

Standups for all

Your C-levels need to be doing standup too

Mar 27 •

Hire them for buying Salesforce

Sometimes, boring is beautiful.

Mar 13 •

February 2025

Fire them for buying Salesforce.

Salesforce or IBM. The point is the same.

Feb 27 •

Process Isn't Bad- YOUR Process Is Bad.

Let's talk about why everyone hates "process."

Feb 13 •

January 2025

It's not just your engineering team- everyone is bad at estimating.

Estimate less, iterate more.

Jan 30 •

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