Our little card was starting to get some notice across IBM, and for our little team, I was...
Leadership topic - Hope
Is it simply wishful thinking, or do you have a confident rope pulling you into a future that you desire for you and your team?
A friend contributed a beautiful (and Biblical) definition of Hope to start the week out well. That “rope” has helped pull me through the week and a season where Hope was about all I had as we tried to “get the Elephant to Dance” from manufacturing and into marketing. Come back next week as we head from Hope to Change (to borrow a phrase…) but stay with Santana who a few changes of his own coming…
managing Hope…
It was always dicey traveling out of the Ithaca area in the winter, which is basically not July...
What do you Hope for in partners?
While I was helping get the Intel card up and moving through IBM, our specific challenge was to...
observing Hope…
Now surfing across the top of IBM, I had access to VP's and Senior Vice President's who literally...
The wonder of Hope…
IBM had always been involved with the American government marketplace and formed the Federal...
executing Hope…
Having already worked multiple business shows for IBM on the Space Program, I was the natural...
The renewal of Hope..
Transitioning the project from Research to FSD included my boss changing into our division, and...
Soul Sacrifice… engage a wish, or a rope?
A car pulled up with the window down: "Mark?" "Karen!" ... and we were off!This was...
Evil Ways… manage the state you bring into the room?
Driving 80 mph through the snow storm that closed the airport, my friend said... "What? It's just...
Oye Como Va… partner with someone who shares your rhythm?
"Mike? Welcome! Where is your luggage?" "This is it. Let's Go!"...a week in a thin...
Black Magic Woman… observe where the land mines are before you walk in?
"That is what I need you to do..." he said as we both left the bathroom...Now surfing across the...
No One to Depend On… wonder what you learn when you stop talking?
As they locked us INTO the conference room, they took my slides...IBM had always been involved...
Everybody’s Everything… execute the demo when the demo crashes?
Hiding in the dark, they left... leaving me time to get the system up again...Having already...
All the Love of the Universe… renew your Hope with a few simple words?
"Well... we will certainly NEVER live in the DC area..."Transitioning the project from Research to...






