Imagine IBM 100 years ago, at the dawn of the 20th century, when they primarily focused on producing punch card tabulating machines for businesses and government agencies. Back then, IBM’s mission revolved around data processing and automation, but they evolved with the times. If they hadn’t adapted to emerging technologies, such as computers and mainframes, […]
Category: growth
Project empathy, day two
For day two of our project, I only got in 30 minutes of work. Here is how that went. Since I am in management, I am constantly in project management and productivity software such as Jira and Todoist. The idea is to build a project management tool that feels as simple as todoist. Doing so […]
Simple life hacks

◦ Repetition makes perfect ◦ But Perfect is the enemy of progress, start with the two-minute version ◦ Consistency allows for repetition – same day, same time, all the time ◦ Make your outcomes easy to achieve (put the fruits and vegetables 🥕 out) ◦ Make your bad habits difficult to achieve (unplug the tv, […]
A short one

Well, I lost my daily writing streak. I got some back pain, heavy days at work, and busy afternoons with the kids. By the time 8 PM rolls around, I am exhausted and not really in the mood to write. But here I am, at 6:23 CST on December 1st, 2021, trying to pick up […]
Coaching with empathy

Have you initiated a PIP on one of your reports? Did they improve and maintain their enhanced performance? So far, in close to 20 years of working in tech, I have not witnessed the first individual that survives a PIP. Imagine a world where most PIP sections are there, but we remove the “if you […]