Our weekly newsletter provides a brief snapshot of issues we have been working on internally, research topics we have been pursuing, or interesting articles or media that have come across our desk and impacted our thinking.
February 17, 2020
Here is something that caught our eye this week: Parent Leaders Turns out, parenting and leadership have a lot in common We often joke that parenting a toddler serves as best-in-class management training: If you can find common ground with a tiny, yet irrational and […]
February 10, 2020
Here is something that caught our eye this week: Geographic Happiness How you define happiness depends on where you live The Chenmark team has had the opportunity to live in multiple places across the globe, the most recent of which is our homebase in […]
February 3, 2020
Here is something, originally written in 2017, that continues to find its way into our conversations on a near daily basis: Helpful Hierarchy Somewhere along the line, we were told when assuming a new position that the easiest way to make a good impression is to […]
January 28, 2020
Here is something that caught our eye this week: 98 Degrees Just when you think you know something Anybody with children knows how quickly plans get thrown out the window when a kid wakes up with a fever (for those without, any childcare or school plan […]
January 20, 2020
Here is something that caught our eye this week: Stop Whining A little less conversation, a little more action We recently listened to a podcast with Aline Brosh McKenna, a screenwriter, producer, and director best known for writing The Devil Wears Prada (which I think we can all agree was […]
January 13, 2020
Here are three things, first printed in 2015, that continue to shape our thinking: Dare to Be Great Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital is one of the great writers on the investment process. We enjoy reading each of his very popular memos. Early in 2014, […]