Archive - follow the leader

if yesterday was your last day…

an open letter to the person who was just laid off and trying to put on a brave face.

Oct 15 • maya watson

the radical clarity of Jasmyn Lawson, the Netflix exec behind ‘A Different World'

from 6-second GIFs to long-form legacies: the inside story of the visionary who bet on Black culture and revived a television crown jewel.

Oct 8 • maya watson

ftl convo club: Colin K’s memoir + everything you need for October

we doubled in size! grab your book copy, check the schedule, and meet our guest curator

Oct 6 • maya watson and Kevin Stuckey

wanted to see if you'd be down to join our new club.

we're launching a monthly conversation club, where the comment section comes to life.

Oct 1 • maya watson and Kevin Stuckey

September 2026

we wrote our first essay for The Cut!

a celebration of surrender, practice and continuously climbing cringe mountain

Sep 23 • maya watson and Kevin Stuckey

if you're in your career-pivot era…

11 lessons after writing 40,000+ words in 90 days

Sep 18 • maya watson

i almost quit my life on Tuesday. turns out it was just day 2 of my period.

you’ve been swimming upstream against your own design since you were twelve.

Sep 14 • maya watson

how do i know if i'm in my work?

are you growing or are you just suffering unnecessarily?

Sep 10 • maya watson

it’s not time to launch a business yet...and that's ok.

you’re not going to get left behind. slow down.

Sep 8 • maya watson

i rescheduled my brain tumor scan to moderate a Clubhouse room with Reese Witherspoon.

the ridiculous ways the pace of work keeps us sick

Sep 2 • maya watson

August 2026

dear Michael Fiddelke... (the current CEO of Target)

looking back at what happened in world of work last week.

Aug 30 • maya watson

Dolly died. Karen Attiah got her job back. and idk, maybe we should start a union.

“...want to move ahead, but the boss won't seem to let me. i swear sometimes that man is out to get me.”

Aug 26 • maya watson

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