Move the Needle Thread The Needle Disengaged Stakeholders At the End of the Day Bottom Line Ship It Cutting Edge/Bleeding Edge Technology Customer Centric Innovation Disruptive Permission/Forgiveness Rule In 2016 I bought Sarah Cooper’s book “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” because it seemed so real and true to what I was hearing in […]
I miss my commute friend. We’d spend 30 minutes some mornings just chit-chatting, getting to know each other. We both sat in the same 2 adjacent seats each day, and there is a certain intimacy that develops when you see the same stranger do the same things that you do everyday for a while. You […]
A few months back I made a special trip over to Kaleidoscope Coffee in Pt. Richmond to get a latte. Not only is the coffee shop locally owned and very literary, (they used to host regular open mic nights and such) it always has a rotating display of local artists’ works on the walls. I […]
In the middle of the night, when I wake up with that middle-aged worry, tossing and turning, I sometimes put on a podcast, or an audible book. Somebody please tell me a story, help me to fall back asleep. Last night’s lullaby was the Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedantam. It was a little too interesting […]
I cycled to work each day for almost five years. Even though I was at 2 different companies during that time, the route was identical, just a few blocks shorter on that last year. Some mornings, depending on what time I was rolling through, it was just me and the green lights, everyone stays in […]
Why is it that is my favorite kind of fun? I’m not an adrenaline junkie by any stretch of the imagination, but the thrill of taking a right hand turn just as fast as you can without losing the backend of the car, or gliding down the mountain on skis just edging you toward loss […]
My Hourly Rate Varies. Widely. Whether I’m earning $12.25 per hour or $125.00 per hour it matters not. I care more about what I am doing, who I am doing it with, and if we are enjoying our time together. Are we accomplishing something as a team? Am I doing my thing, are you doing […]
Over a 20 year career, I’ve accumulated a closet full of people who would never want to work with me, ever again. Let’s call it a small coat closet. I imagine this closet in the foyer of a modest middle class Pasadena house. It could probably hold about 3 people. Maybe 4, if they crowed […]
On learning to be my own boss. On being the boss of other people. Having a domineering mother, or older sibling. Birth order studies, interview questions, you won’t know until you’re in the heat, in the thick of it. Family dynamics as they play out in the workplace. Where we come from informs the present, […]
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