The culture of most Ops groups are the same everywhere… and yet unique compared to other parts of...
Leadership topic - Bluegrass/Americana
How does a Promise execute?
We were again in my office, which you are going to soon think is more a Disaster Recovery...
wondering about Promise…
I know I have written before about the great office I had for this season - whiteboards on both...
The Promise of observation…
Like children, you don’t really have favorites on a Team… or shouldn’t. It is where the analogy...
The Promise of partners…
When I started teaching at JMU, I started to notice people that I worked with from there… and...
Management Promise…
I really hadn’t intended to land in Ops, and frankly thought my “career” was over. Pretty much...
engaging the Promise…
Our group was “Advanced Technologies”, doing cutting edge work with the Promise of Object...
renewing your Thanks…
We spent about as much time at Church as we did at home during this season. Some of it was...
executing Thanks…
After playing for a few years, particularly around Church, people got to know a bit about what we...
The wonder of Thanks…
Fannie Mae was located off of Wisconsin Ave in a HUGE palace of a building - fitting for the “home...
Thanks-observing
Happy Thanksgiving! ….and, of COURSE I have a story - actually more than one. Come on - it is...
Who are you Thanks partners?
When I arrived at Fannie in 1992, there were about 400 developers/contractors… and we used about...
Can Thanks manage?
Before I left IBM, my new Boss needed me to come to a very important kickoff meeting before I was...
What Thanks engage you?
Leaving something is never easy, particularly when I hadn't actually looked for a job in over 13...