There have been many great and memorable fictional leaders in my life: Kathryn Janeway, Kermit the Frog, and Jedediah Bartlett are instantly called to my mind. People (and frogs) like these are figures I can look to for inspiration. Their…
Keeping Culture Alive During Covidland
It’s been almost a year now since we closed our office and sent everyone home. The first few months were filled with uncertainty, change, and a fair dose of anxiety, but we got through it. It made us a stronger…
Truly Awful LinkedIn Behavior
We all love to hate on the business social network site. Here are current top five annoyances with how the system is used. The Uber Humble Brag This is where LinkedIn can out-shine even the worst of what Facebook has…
The Perils of Nerd Culture
Mildly adapted from my first Ignite talk You might remember Nick Burns “The Computer Guy” from Saturday night live. He’s obnoxious, he’s hard to work with, and he treats you like an idiot. MOVE! He’s a funny stereotype, but he’s…
Ignite Tampa Bay 2013
So I was asked to speak at Ignite this year, about my ideas on nerd culture. Ignite is a short format speaking event held in different cities. I said yes, thinking it would be fun, and it was. The only…
Potential Solutions to the Great IT Cultural Divide
Last post I talked about how the strong cultural bond in IT departments (and nerd/geek culture in general), can damage organizational trust, cohesion, general pleasantness and ultimately profit. Now let’s look at drilling down into the rest of the organization…