Matthew Sanders

“Care for each other.
Be curious, inquisitive, and open.
Be unreasonable.
Understand the nature of ideas.
Listen. Suspend disbelief and criticism.
Respect expertise and its boundaries.
Offer ideas, not opinions.
Think about how we meet.
Make things for each other.”

Proud to have had a small part in iPhone Duo. Loads of love and care from the team went into this one.

My family and I have experienced a lot of loss over the past couple of years.

A friend of mine gave me this book of photographic history over the past 100 years.

This image captures extreme pain, loss and survivorship in a way I don’t think many of us can comprehend. Why does our species retaliate against itself time and time again?

Quick culture check in interviews:

Ask for a real example of a disagreement.

Healthy teams talk directly and resolve it.
🚩 If the story ends with “we pulled in leadership to make the call.”

That often signals low trust, conflict avoidance, fear of being blamed, or a culture where “optics” matter more than solving the problem.

If escalation is the default move, people don’t talk to each other—they talk around each other.

My 7yo: "Hey Dad, I'm learning about 'volumes'. It has nothing to do with audiology"…