# Welcome! By [Mr Jeff](https://paragraph.com/@mrjeff) · 2021-12-18 --- I’ve written quite a bit over the years, but hardly published anything. I decided it’s worth sharing with whomever is interested. I imagine it’s mostly useful for: * People considering joining our mission at [Salv](https://salv.com/careers/). My co-founder [Taavi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anti-money-laundering/) has a tons of his thoughts online but I’m harder to find. This is a start. * [Salvers](https://salv.com/company/) who are thinking about how to scale up Salv. A lot of what I captured here I learned helping [Wise](https://wise.com) to scale. Personal growth --------------- [**$10/hr or $10,000?**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/eZHFXLU_4zKrKtQ2H0-JkAnPVRTt7CnNZWB3qSdfIng) - thoughts on how to value your time, maximise your impact and have a great life. \[4 min read\] [**Pushing yourself to take big risks**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/IdIh7ENx-swCg7jHwfmD-EkENnJAhQbXIuaT-ot7wqk) - reflections on when I took 600 people down a radically different path that ended up creating a key ritual in Wise’s success. \[4 min read\] [**How to land your dream job**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/q_i-liFeIU7GnXzP2vnvoQqB1gmuBsnhr4R7RD-8vWU) - An unconventional approach to get a more interesting role, at a cooler company, with nicer people, with a lot less stress. \[16 min read\] [**The most important 0.13% of my month**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/wBteFWyLZRFS201YwTk-6pVlrW7GExONVjxew38ZYiI) - We each have 730 hours in a month. I transform how much I focus on what’s important to me by making Personal Commitments using just one hour a month. \[8 min read\] Building a great organisation ----------------------------- [**Self-leadership & Wise**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/02JmKVHuFGXGAoziQYQEZ14HHWUZmQ2B23DxRmwQtnU) - A careful reading of Frederic Laloux’s Reinventing Organisations and applied to Wise (TransferWise) circa 2015. 3 part series \[8+5+15 min reads\] [**Prophets & Professionals**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/XbK7B4MlVGuq5wnH8J6ftbgW79hnKXifPqImiw1MpNU) - A simple model that describes why the culture in startups change as they grow. A useful framework for how to think about the tensions scaling up a startup \[6 min read\] [**Autonomous teams at scale**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/FVW2qJ_ERoNY16YouWICvUDHTQM4RN7TOmJmvh139zI) - how Wise learned how to scale autonomous teams and avoid creeping bureaucracy. \[10 min read\] [**Scooters are fun. But…**](https://salv.com/salv-startup-company-culture/) - On why you should choose a company with a mission where you're convinced you're making the world a better place. And on how we work at [Salv](https://salv.com). \[11 min read\] [**The definitive guide to cross-team guilds**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/AiHF7JwIAZVOy_yta_U9lAM2T3YCx3DmQwfwOtdDcs8) - What they are, how to set them up and why a group of cross-team volunteers, working part time, can help an organization achieve far more than traditional teams. \[14 min read\] [**Why we don’t have a BI team at TransferWise**](https://medium.com/transferwise-ideas/why-we-don-t-have-a-business-intelligence-team-at-transferwise-a027350ddd9a) - How I set up the analytics team at Wise (circa 2015), and how it helped Wise scale faster. \[6 min read\] [**So you think you’re data driven**](https://medium.com/@jeffrmcclelland/https-medium-com-jeffrmcclelland-so-you-think-youre-data-driven-bd353b3e6328) - Every team has data but many either don’t know how to use it or misuse it for planning and setting KPIs/targets/OKRs. This guide can help. Circa 2017. \[7 min read\] Investing --------- [**Investing like it’s 1939**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/iujKPnK3hXp6ZDDRuN_hL85avrk35QOhzh1olZK31KI) - How we’re returning to an old paradigm of investing similar to 80 years ago \[10 min read\] [**Beyond the Beach: Seychelles in the Era of Global Sovereignty**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/KKeKFeTemHDOwvSZ_-mjL-wd54ejZEGiraB9qFxYeB8) - how this enchanting beach paradise could transform into a global powerhouse. \[10 min read\] Playing with AI --------------- [**The Art of AI T-Shirts: Your Way to One-of-a-Kind T-Shirts**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/aKnaxBpOiQVHmBWDwwFe012bTMgGN_vJCKjKxK4-B64) - A step-by-step guide to creating affordable, custom tees with the latest print-on-demand tech. \[6 min read\] Startup ideas ------------- [**VC-Backed Careers**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/CUHHRlN3HXoCz7ys7uBYs5nCzV66B5Srv42nypzsOBY) - Making the case for investing serious cash into people’s careers, VC style \[6 min read\] [**YSAC - You Suck At Coding**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/k4gAPct02cGmLMuHXffGj4RskKA4TANnCF-buxj_Hzg) - There’s a huge opportunity to accelerate how people learn to code \[6 min read\] Compensation ------------ [**A tech alternative to commission sales**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/rBcMeS9B53RzKo-8AKHUP5aG30NWl878QOMJUmIdP88) - How a small app and process could align incentives better to achieve higher sales team output. \[5 min read\] Learning / teaching / improving education ----------------------------------------- [**Lean in to learning**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/UwrTIr4tmj4TXDZEk_YyDbaQ9p2wNCWC0YOYIhzRyl8) - an idea to make education more useful. I envisioned it during the first weeks of Covid but looking back it seems increasingly relevant, as remote learning becomes default. \[2 min read\] [**Teachers of tomorrow’s leaders**](https://mirror.xyz/mrjeff.eth/TnQRXbSU1y0_4A0Jw5DhR0FJB7DqA2f3hLTm8yvJXQo) - an comprehensive plan for a conference that pairs up top teachers and leaders from the tech sector. \[5 min read\] Anti-money laundering (AML) & Financial Crime --------------------------------------------- [**Why we couldn’t ignore AML**](https://salv.com/regtech-aml-company-startup-salv/) - Why, of all the problems in the world, we at [Salv](https://salv.com) decided to focus on AML. And why it’s such an interesting problem to work on. \[6 min read\] [**Criminals are fast. Your AML must be faster**](https://salv.com/fast-anti-money-laundering-software/) - why speed and fast feedback loops are the critical missing ingredients that are missing in most AML teams. \[5 min read\] [**Can Machine Learning save AML?**](https://salv.com/blog/anti-money-laundering-machine-learning-artificial-intelligence) - About the challenges of applying machine learning techniques in the real world \[16 min read\]. [Shorter version](https://salv.com/questions-to-assess-aml-machine-learning/) \[6 mins\] --- *Originally published on [Mr Jeff](https://paragraph.com/@mrjeff/welcome)*