(Organizational) Change is Hard
I have been thinking a lot about the changes happening across my current organization, and the flexibility (and inflexibility) of...
Category: Management 2.0
Failure to Win, Part 2
I just came across a fascinating article by Marina Krakovsky in Stanford Magazine entitled “The Effort Effect” in which she...
Failure to Win, or Winning Failure?
Once again I find myself sitting here in one of the many cafeterias at Microsoft. This time I have "ditched"...
SharePoint Governance After-the-fact
I took a brief interlude in my schedule yesterday to co-present with Joel Oleson, Technical Product Manager-extraordinare, on the topic of SharePoint...
Personal Thoughts on Work, WSS 3.0 Announcements
“It is customer interaction that drives innovation.” One of the things I love the most about my job, aside...
The Price of Poor Practices
70% to 85% of all project rework costs are due to errors in requirements, says a 1997 article in American...
Tracking, Tweaking, Iteration
One thing I love about blogging is the ability to find links between disparate topics and get my opinion out...
Stating the Obvious
One of the reasons I am a huge fan of Kathy Sierra and the Creating Passionate Users blog (besides the...
Turning it up to 11
I was thinking last night about what it means, exactly to "exceed expectations" in my current projects and with my...
Interviewing is about Storytelling
I actually look forward to the hiring process. It’s always interesting to talk to new people, hear about successful and...
