Jeff’s Working Theory

Stop optimizing your to-do list. Start optimizing your hourly worth. A simple framework to 10x your value at work and in life.

Play it safe and you’ve already lost. This is the story of a radical decision that could have gotten me fired, but ended up defining a key part of a billion-dollar company’s culture.

Stop sending resumes. Start having coffee. An unconventional guide to landing a job you’re not qualified for.

Stop wondering where your time went. Spend one hour a month on this simple practice and it will force you to live a life you’re proud of.

Forget empowerment. This is about real power. An introduction to the self-leadership principles that fueled Wise’s success.

Are you a visionary Prophet or a pragmatic Professional? The mix in your team determines whether you scale or fail.

Everyone talks about autonomy, but few survive it. We scaled to 1,000 people by giving employees terrifying levels of responsibility.

On why you should choose a company with a mission where you're convinced you're making the world a better place. And on how we work at Salv.

How a small group of part-time volunteers can solve your company’s biggest problems. A practical guide to building and running cross-team guilds.

How I set up the analytics team at Wise (circa 2015), and how it helped Wise scale faster.

Every team has data but many either don’t know how to use it or misuse it for planning and setting KPIs/targets/OKRs. This guide can help. Circa 2017.

You think we’re in a 2020s economy? You’re wrong. We’re investing like it’s 1939, and your portfolio is not ready.

Seychelles is more than a paradise; it’s a blueprint for the future of nations. How a tiny island could become 15x wealthier in 15 years.

From AI prompt to custom apparel. A step-by-step guide to designing and printing your own unique T-shirts for less than €20.

The most talented people are often the most overlooked. This is a plan to find them, fund them, and unleash their potential on the world.

Everyone sucks at coding at first. The secret to getting good isn’t practice — it’s learning how to fail faster.

Your sales team is either full of cutthroat sharks or lazy slackers. This app forces them to be collaborative superstars.

School’s out. Real learning is in. An idea to turn restless kids and restless experts into a powerful learning community.

Your straight-A student is unemployable. The skills that matter aren’t on the test. A proposal to bridge the dangerous gap between education and the real world.

Why, of all the problems in the world, we at Salv decided to focus on AML. And why it’s such an interesting problem to work on.

why speed and fast feedback loops are the critical missing ingredients that are missing in most AML teams.

About the challenges of applying machine learning techniques in the real world. [Shorter version](https://salv.com/questions-to-assess-aml-machine-learning/)