If you are involved in the latest thing in IT development, you have probably heard the term...
renewing Persistence
Three amazing gifts of moving to the DC area and working for Fannie Mae changed the course of my...
Persistent execution…
You’re going to think all of my time as a “customer” was doing deals with vendors, and that is not...
wonderfully Persistent…
This spring I will have worked full time for 45 years. From age 17 till now, almost exactly 15...
observing Persistence
As engineering continued to grow, I picked up another direct report with a great team focusing on...
A partner with Persistence
The NeXT team was integrated, with both Ops (now) and engineering (the future) in the same small...
managing Persistence….
If you talk to any IT person, other than those on the Network team, you will find that pretty much...
Persistent engagement
Now that you know the Team, there are still a few stories that are worth spinning around my tour...
renewing Promises
The culture of most Ops groups is the same everywhere ... and unique compared to the rest of IT....
How does a Promise execute?
We were again in my office, which you are going to think is more a disaster recovery site,...
wondering about Promise…
I have written before about the great office I had for this season ... whiteboards on both big...
The Promise of observation…
Like children, you don't really have favorites on a Team ... or shouldn't. It is where the Pooh...
The Promise of partners…
When I started teaching at JMU, I noticed that the people I worked with who had gone there shared...
Management Promise…
I really hadn't intended to land in Ops, and frankly thought my "career" was over. Pretty much...













