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The δeltas newsletter by Gilad Naor

Weekly tech leadership advice. Learn to manage with AI, become a leader people choose to follow, and land your next job.

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What 30+ leaders told me about managing in 2026

The δeltas newsletter February 17th Three management insights for 2026 ↓ The CTO leaned forward. “We just finished performance reviews,” they said. “One of our managers got curious and pulled token usage data. You know, how much each engineer was using AI.” I expected some hand-wavy correlation. Maybe top performers used it more. Maybe it didn’t matter at all. “Turns out,” they continued, “our best performers used the most tokens. Good performers? More than average.” They paused. “And some of...

Sticky note board showing the three-step introvert networking system: pre-compute research, set smart goals, practice curiosity

The δeltas newsletter February 10th How to Network When You'd Rather Be Anywhere Else ↓ I have a confession to make. I talk about networking constantly. In the Manager OS cohort, I teach the "Rule of 2" as a core networking tool. I emphasize it when teaching candidates how to land their next job. I spent an hour on it yesterday in the free session, AI-Powered Job Search: Find & Land Your Next Role. But here's what I don't talk about enough: this stuff is hard for me. I'm an introvert. Right...

Your skills are decaying

The δeltas newsletter February 3rd Why Netflix Wants You to Interview at Google ↓ Ted Sarandos, Netflix's CEO, said something that would get most HR departments to panic: "It's not disloyal to take a call from recruiters. Openly interviewing and giving Netflix the salary data benefits all of us." Netflix actively encourages employees to interview externally. Most companies? They call that disloyalty. Last week, Amazon announced another 16,000 layoffs. That's 30,000 jobs gone in three months....

Same team, different game

The δeltas newsletter January 27th Your Former Peers Now Report to You. Here's How to Make It Work ↓ You walk into a meeting with your team. Same people you've been working alongside for months or years. Except now, something fundamental has shifted. They report to you. This happened to me twice. Once when I got promoted to director and some of my manager peers moved to report to me. Again at a large nonprofit where people I'd collaborated with for years suddenly became my "direct reports."...