There is a trinity of leadership that I have written about before. set the example align the mission take care of the team In this video I talk about how I plan to contribute to IBM’s purpose this year by following the trinity of leadership. IBMs purpose has been declared: to be the catalyst that …
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“Why are all the artists and composers men, daddy?” “Can I really ask for a starting salary that high?” “Would a man take credit for this work?” Women are wonderful and powerful – first as humans they deserve respect, equality and inclusion. And they do NOT yet get it. It is up to us, all …
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First off I hate applying war related terms to things that are not war. But it seems that the broader industry is determined to do so, so I’ll indulge that and see if we can make some interesting connections between that kind of language and some insights that I can offer as someone who has …
An article that’s great for mostly technical folks who arent terribly into crypto yet
You are a Billionaire. No really, it’s true! (I think.) You probably have at least a Billion seconds left to live on this earth. Most people with a Billion dollars aren’t so lucky. I can’t recall if it was Peter Diamandis or Naval Ravikant or someone else I heard this idea from first, but I …
The Marine Corps preaches “be brilliant in the basics.” Often we may be tempted to get fancy to use the latest sexiest gear and cool new techniques. But the highest payoff is almost always reflecting back on the most basic competencies and becoming brilliant in those. To do this as a Product Manager: Start with …
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IBM is doing this wrong. The Marine Corps has done this right and it has done it wrong in its past too. How can we learn from this? This direct quote seems relevant here “How much more am I worth to IBM than that guy down at the bottom of the pay scale? Twice as …
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Its strange how the relationship we have with death caused by interpersonal violence is so different from deaths caused other ways – I think it has to do with a feeling helplessness. If there is something we care about, we have to refuse to give in to helplessness, we have to dare mightily and refuse …
I’m a Product Manager, I’m also a father, a husband and a Marine and all of these inform my perspective on love. Don’t love your plan, your product, don’t love your company, don’t even love your problem. Love your people. We need to unabashedly bring love back into our lives. Ive been reminded of this …
As March begins I wanted to take a few minutes to reflect on professional gratitude. I’ve been quite open about my gratitude personally. There’s an intersection there, a year ago my baby daughter Winter was in the NICU (Many of these posts are protected due to sensitivity if you’re a friend just ask me for …
