HeyJaredThe Human Edge
On human performance, AI strategy, and what it takes to build organizations— and people— that last. Written by Joyce Shin, neuroscientist by training, operator by trade.
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Sometimes all you need is movement (opens the original)
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I say this as someone who genuinely loves thinking.I like understanding the system. I like seeing the pattern underneath the pattern. I like collecting information, considering second-order effects, and trying to make the best possible decision with the information available. There is real value in being thoughtful. Careful thinking can protect us from avoidable mistakes, help us recognize tradeoffs, and make us more intentional about the lives and work we build.That instinct has served me well.
It’s time for a re(introduction). (opens the original)
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Hi, I’m Joyce. I was born in Texas and lost my biological dad to stomach cancer at age 3 and watched my mom raise three young girls on her own. I don’t like being identified by a single event, but I also can’t change what happened. And in many ways, that’s where the story starts.<div class
Nobody starts from zero (opens the original)
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The executives I’ve worked with almost never come to me at the beginning of something. They come to me in the gap: the stretch after one chapter has clearly ended and before the next one has a name. A company sold. A role restructured. An identity crisis after a reorg. A founder who built the thing successfully and then realized they didn’t want to run it anymore.And almost every one of them says a version of the same sentence: I feel like I’m starting over. It does feel that way. I know, becaus
Be kind, not nice. (opens the original)
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It’s been a hot minute. And by minute, I mean months.But I’m back(ish). In all honesty, I’m rebuilding. From the instability, the chaos, the “wtf-is-this-real-life” moments, and the betrayals (not to be dramatic or anything).Three months ago, I moved back to NYC and saw a side of the city I’d never seen before (to be fair, I’d only lived here barely a year the first time). I’d been too naive. This time was wildly different, and a lot uglier than I expected. The idealism was tarnished; I always i
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