Open source can't be used for differentiation
Open source can’t be used for differentiation Despite 20 years of using, analyzing, and marketing open source, I still don’t really understand how vendors...
Hug your manager
Hug your manager “the real action in any administration is executive in nature: knowing what regulatory buttons to push, which enforcers can really go for...
I talk too much
I talk too much I've had several meeting with new people at work recently. This happens when your company is acquired by another: everyone wants to get...
Museum bilge
I’ve got a backlog of links and other stuff from the past few weeks. My son wants to play Minecraft with me right now, so I’m just sending you this. Links,...
The Buddha had no kids
The Buddha had no kids Walking back from the Maritime Museum with a friend I asked him, "how are you so happy all the time?" They explained that they just...
Indecipherable note to self from 5 Dec 2019, 9:22pm on my iPad in Amsterdam
Indecipherable note to self from 5 Dec 2019, 9:22pm on my iPad in Amsterdam “It’s all incremental change.” Original content That webinar I mentioned is...
A fake simulacrum
A fake simulacrum At the Amsterdam zoo, during my kid’s art class, I go into the bird house, the section of the aviary made up like the Southwest. Listening...
Workaholic
Workaholic 1. I am slowly giving up on the world. Well, the world of following things so closely that that endlessly read RSS and newsletters and press...
Leading failure
Leading failure Another excerpt the book I’m currently working on - check out the full draft. You’ve likely heard of another Google tool, blameless post...
That time between being born and dying
This week, I’ve been finishing up the first, full draft of my book, The Business Bottleneck. I’ll send it over tomorrow, on Monday, so it’s mostly finished...
I don't want to see anyone
I don't want to see anyone Yet in many professional exchanges you may want to disguise your actual state of mind. Even in more intimate settings than the...
Do you still need an IT department?
Do you still need an IT department? Another small chunk from my book in progress. At this point, it's easy to ask "do I need an IT department? I mean, they...
Enshrine urgency: always run in the yellow
Here in Barcelona, still, for a Gartner event. Can’t get enough of a beach town, right? Enshrine urgency: always run in the yellow Another small chunk from...
Plato never worked at an enterprise
Organization structure, or, Plato never worked at an enterprise A small chunk from my book in progress. The first stumble leadership makes is assuming that...
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bushwald 4 likes Field office. Oct. 29, 2019, 11:40 p.m. Traveling is catching up with me. It’s exhausting, in all the ways. I’ve been traveling constantly...
No escape
No escape We’re vacation all over the island of Ireland this week, the four of us. It’s exactly what you’d image: green, friendly, rainy sometimes, full of...
“Stories” & infrastructure software
"Stories" & infrastructure software First, "business" explained: When it all comes down to it, what is a business? You are an organization that has...
How to moderate a panel
Moderating a panel and interviewing None of this is intended to be pedantic, or whatever. It's just the things I think of when moderating a panel or...
A whole lotta links
Followup, Austin BBQ I'm told that Terry Black's is where you want to go for BBQ in Austin nowadays. They say it's Tasty Meats Paul's choice. As always in...
Things to do in Austin for foreigners short on time
Things to do in Austin for foreigners short on time I navigate life, mostly, though food, rather, eating. Thus, my suggestions for things to do in Austin are...