Articles by Brennan
Brennan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hypercontext (👋), a simple and powerful tool that enables managers to be great leaders through their one-on-ones and team meetings.
Manager Mailbag #2: KPIs, interruptions, and a high-performance death spiral
BrennanThis column is part of the Spinach AI series, Manager Mailbag. Every month, we collect questions from managers about their…
Aug 30, 2022
Manager Mailbag #1: Retention, unfair policies and no support
This column is part of the new Spinach AI series, Manager Mailbag. Every month, we collect questions from managers about…
Jul 26, 2022
29,000 tech layoffs in 3 months: Steps every manager needs to take
Tesla, Superhuman, Loom, Bolt, Clickup, Netflix, Canva. What do all of these companies have in common? They’ve all done a…
Jun 8, 2022
10 Team meeting questions managers are asking in 2022
My team meetings are the second most important meeting in my calendar, following my 1:1s. They’re a dedicated time for…
Dec 3, 2021
How to announce employee departures to your team
When people leave your organization for new opportunities, it doesn’t need to sound off the alarms. It’s normal for your…
Sep 17, 2021
6 items for your leadership team meeting agenda
A high-performing leadership team needs to be able to make 💯 business decisions quickly and efficiently. To do that, they…
Sep 9, 2021
The lettuce pact: The ultimate hack for giving difficult feedback
Every manager’s been in a situation when they need to give difficult feedback to an employee. It can be awkward.…
Aug 26, 2021
We’re rebranding: introducing Spinach 👩🚀
We’re so excited to finally share that we’re rebranding our company and app to Spinach AI. Everything will be predictably found…
Jun 11, 2021
11 Templates by Brennan
Brennan 👋
Sailboat Retrospective Meeting
The sailboat retrospective is a framework & metaphor to reflect and align the end of a sprint
Brennan 👋
The Ultimate One-on-one Meeting
We've surveyed over 500 people to generate a data-driven template to build a high performing team.
Brennan 👋
Sprint Planning Team Meeting
These three agenda items will fuel your sprint planning.
Remote Sales Team Meeting
A weekly sales meeting template that will help your team hit targets faster.
Brennan 👋
Get to know you Icebreakers / Fun Questions for a 1:1
Start to your meeting with your favorite question from this list of fun icebreakers
Brennan 👋
Jira's Sprint Planning Meeting
Sample meeting agenda template for the sprint planning. Jira's agile coaches recommend to follow it.
Brennan 👋
Managing Up Meeting
Need to manage up? Use this to communicate effectively, set expectations, and get buy-in.
Brennan 👋
Hyper-Alignment Meeting
A smooth running company needs to be hyper-aligned.
