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Project Watchdog and the importance of Internships

The lifeblood of every organization must be renewed and refreshed regularly. Of course experience matters – but left on its own it begins to grow stale and loses its vibrancy. The comfort and the stability of the known slowly takes over from the desire to forge ahead and look for different ways to evolve. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. In that transition the organization grows stiff. It loses its vibrancy. It is a tale as old as time and probably as old as some of your key platforms.

Every leader will eventually face this challenge. You do not have to wait until its too late, however. There are a myriad of things you can do to keep a low level of disruption present in your organization to ensure velocity and change. One of my favorite ways to do this is …

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What Caught My Eye – Week Ending 6/4/22

TL;DR? This week we cover a quick set of links covering : NASA plays the songs of the universe, AIM Messenger Away Message – Is our Future in our past? Learning how to learn, Discord adds text to voice channels, and a python web proxy scraper.

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The Circular Mean of Organizational Transformation

… Or maybe … A Perhaps more nuanced and practical application of Rohn’s Average of Five rule. I probably lost half the potential readers of this blog post by just posting a picture of that equation. But fear not intrepid reader! There is no math required for this post. Its more an observational approach of […]

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On the weight and lift of appreciation

Recession and rumors of recession. Not quite as biblical in its tone as the original reference but it is hard to miss the growing clamor around the job market. Some think that technologists (developers, infrastructure, cloud, IT professionals) will continue to be in high demand, others say that along with the trendy terms like Great […]

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May Play Day and Memorial Day 2022

At Dun & Bradstreet each year they have instituted something called May Play Day. It’s an unofficial holiday just before the Memorial Day weekend. It is an acknowledgement of all the hard work and effort that has gone on in the past year, and gives folks the ability to spend a little extra time with […]

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Looking for Technology Talent – United States

Global Pandemics. Wars and Conflicts. Social and Political unrest. The world is changing on us every day. Its changing how we live, work, and play. It’s causing everyone I know to re-evaluate what is important in their lives. One major aspect of that self-evaluation is the work that you do every day, who you work […]

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Looking For Technology Talent – Europe

Global Pandemics. Wars and Conflicts. Social and Political unrest. The world is changing on us every day. Its changing how we live, work, and play. It’s causing everyone I know to re-evaluate what is important in their lives. One major aspect of that self-evaluation is the work that you do every day, who you work […]

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Looking for Technology Talent – India (Hyderabad)

Global Pandemics. Wars and Conflicts. Social and Political unrest. The world is changing on us every day. Its changing how we live, work, and play. It’s causing everyone I know to re-evaluate what is important in their lives. One major aspect of that self-evaluation is the work that you do every day, who you work […]

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Looking for Technology Talent – Beijing, China

Global Pandemics. Wars and Conflicts. Social and Political unrest. The world is changing on us every day. Its changing how we live, work, and play. It’s causing everyone I know to re-evaluate what is important in their lives. One major aspect of that self-evaluation is the work that you do every day, who you work […]

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Big Pivots, Bright Futures

This afternoon I had the absolute joy and honor of presiding over the graduation of our first Step it Up America class at Fiserv. For those not in the know, Step it Up America is a program that reaches out to Veterans and offers them a chance at pivoting from their current jobs and circumstances […]

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