Jonathan Endicott — Now

Updated November 9, 2026. This page is a snapshot of what Jonathan Endicott is working on, not a biography. It will go stale; when it does, it will be rewritten.

Just published

The newest essay is The Second Person to Do the Job. It is about the reflex of taking work back the moment someone else does it a little worse than you would, and about writing down the reasons for a process, not only the steps. Before that came The Meeting After the Meeting, on why the honest conversation happens in the hallway, and Ask the Dumb Question First.

The essays still go up on the essays site first. Two of them were written for the ear and live on the audio page; they now also have a podcast feed you can add to an app. Shorter versions sometimes go out as YouTube Shorts on @jonathanwestonendicott.

What's occupying him

The same questions the essays keep circling: how to hand work on without pretending the first attempt will be perfect, how to keep meetings from becoming theatre, and how to decide when you do not have all the numbers. He is not announcing a new project here. He is writing, and trying to leave behind fewer tasks that only he knows how to finish.

If you're new

Start with Start Before You're Ready, or use the where-to-start guide. The map of everything — essays, audio, video and official profiles — is the Jonathan Endicott hub.