On Mental Health as a Manager

Brendan Devenney shares his unconventional approach to professional development as a manager, prioritizing people skills over traditional management skills. Instead of focusing on corporate management courses, he chose to invest in mental health education to better support his team.

Posted by Brendan Devenney on 25th October 2022

1,000 Days

Brendan Devenney reflects on his 1000-day journey at Form3, highlighting the transformations both in his professional life and the company’s evolution.

Posted by Brendan Devenney on 21st February 2022

My dearest Erin,

Tonight will mark the end of a life long dream of mine. The completion of a labour I began as a child, even before I knew the words for it. Before I knew the ways to accomplish such a task. Even now my heart is heavy with dread; I fear I've built a great and powerful evil. Or rather, together, Albert and I have built it. I know that I am to blame. I allowed Albert to persuade me to change the designs. I allowed this perversion of my course.

This new machine that we've built is unlike any I ever imagined. It looks... like a man. A lifeless steel man. Albert convinced me that even with the new Geological Unmanned Terraforming System we designed, the task of extracting the ore is still too dangerous for a human. He plans to completely replace human workers in the mining sector. The idea of displacing so many men... the annihilation of countless jobs in the name of safety seems an unbalanced trade off. What is worse, the latest prototypes have been revised to carry small firearms.

Erin, I fear that I have put you and this entire city in danger. I will speak to him tonight on the matter. Perhaps I can persuade him to scrap the whole project. In the meantime, please be careful. This world is getting darker all the time.

I weep at the thought of something terrible happening to you. I could not bear it.

All my love,
Brendan