I worked in a technology firm where there was a list serve called “Town Hall”. This was meant to be a safe place where there was total transparency about company operations. There were also similar …
Who would you prefer your clients remember: you or your firm?
I remember my good friend and ThoughtWorks colleague, Luke Barrett, saying: "If anything is worth doing, it's worth doing well." We shared numerous consulting assignments together and in all cases, …
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Tech apprenticeship is the new CS degree
The digital economy has the potential to open up opportunities for millions. This reality has become possible only in the last few years. When I entered the IT industry in the 1990's, the market was …
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Front Stage to Backstage
During the last several years of my career, I have played a series of internal operations roles. This was a nice change after so many years being a client-facing consultant. You have a …
I’ve Been Busy Doing The Work
I am a digital marketer that likes to help others be better marketers. In order to do that well, it means that I've got to sometimes just skip that blog post or presentation idea and "do the work". …
Zen Retreat at Green Gulch
Green Dragon Temple at Green Gulch Farm (Photo credit: Wikipedia) One of the things that I was interested in doing on my sabbatical was a meditation retreat. Over the last few years I had read …