Leadership
| Čeněk and HCP
      2025-10-15
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      𝕀t was a murky autumn morning. Čeněk, lost in his thoughts, looked out the window at the slopes rising steeply from the river. He put down the book he was just reading. On the cover, in large red …
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| Aristotle's Political Systems
      2025-07-30
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      𝔸ristotle external link doesn’t need an introduction, as well as his views on political systems external link . He sees three true constitutions (royalty, aristocracy, and polity) …
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| Written Narratives
      2025-07-24
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      𝕆ne of the key roles of the leadership team in the company is to make clear decisions1 and unlock decision making internal link on other organizational levels. Topics are frequently complex and …
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| Procrastination -- beyond the To-Do list
      2025-06-20
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      ℙrocrastination is often misunderstood as merely poor time management or laziness, but research increasingly shows it’s primarily an issue of emotional regulation, not time management1. …
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| Strategy and vision
      2025-04-28
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      𝕎hen the organization grew1 beyond about 60 people, it felt different. We have agreed that a new management layer (between myself and tech-leads) is needed. But, I’ve started to lose a grip on …
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| Who should decide?
      2025-03-06
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      𝕀’ve come to like the saying “don’t ask for permission, ask for forgiveness”1. It reflects the reality that most decisions don’t need approval, and waiting for blessing …
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| The Power of Written Standup
      2021-03-08
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      𝕎ritten standup is a simple tool that can significantly improve how distributed teams work. It’s just what it sounds like: instead of meeting to talk, team members write down what they’re …
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| Work Principles
      
      Antonín Král
     
      
      
      
      
      𝕋his page used to be called “Work Values” in the past, but started to grow beyond values, and actually listing more “how”1. Also, unfortunately, word “value” became …
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