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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Goodbye Old Year, Hello New: The Best and Worst of 2018
Here's an understatement: It's been a year. I'm happy to say that all is overwhelmingly good. The family has health and good fortune and despite the ups and downs of daily life we have had no major …
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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 …
Almost Paradise: Musings On Leaving California
I wrote this in October 2016 only to leave it unfinished. During the last week, I received a notification of a post from Facebook a year ago when we were on a house hunt in Virginia. When I re-read …
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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". …