The Value-added Technologist I’ll be traveling to Wisconsin (brrr) later this month to keynote the Why IT? Conference! My keynote is: The Value-added Technologist. I discuss career advice and the need for IT professionals to think of their jobs from the perspective of the value they bring their employer. The event is hosted by Moraine Park Technical College and Waukesha […]
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Do Job Titles and Descriptions Kill Innovation?
From my most recent blog at CIO Magazine. I discuss: The best CIO I ever worked for Why job titles might be killing innovation The most important sentence in your job description And 3 lessons about where innovation lives Would love your input here or at CIO Magazine. Link: Why Job Titles Kill Innovation
Continue readingThose Paying Your Dues Blues
“I’m paying my dues.” It is a phrase that makes me shudder with fear. Implying that you must grind your way through unhappy, unsatisfying roles, until some theoretical point where you have paid an undetermined debt against career or business doldrums and future advancement. And then, upon paying your dues, you have now, “paid your […]
Continue readingCreate a linke-able process library with Google Docs
The full-blog entry for this tutorial is over on Pulse Infomatics – here. But watch the video below and/or take a look at this live Google Document to get an idea of a simple to create and navigate process library document. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeUw576nhZE] If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or send […]
Continue readingNew Year/New Focus: You rather than them
At the end of this post, be ready to share at least one goal you wish to pursue more diligently this year. I had two rather interesting impromptu coaching sessions today. One is with a friend and business acquaintance interested in launching a new endeavor. The 2nd is with someone going through the fallout from […]
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