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 […]
How does this thing work? Isn’t it intuitive? Can we break this down so I don’t have to think about it, read a manual, reference a tool tip or a watch a canned on-boarding slideshow? Can you explain it to me like I’m five – like they do on reddit-sometimes with a side of mansplaining? […]
I used to own a Bouvier, a dog that is about 120 pounds of powerful fluff. When I first inherited him, he was about 3 years old, and pretty well trained, but not yet neutered. Other dog owners scolded me and told me his enthusiasm for play and full body contact with other dogs of […]
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 […]