One of my favourite ITW traditions. Every year Jason and I bring the entire IT Weapons Arsenal up north for a weekend retreat. An opportunity for team building, steam release, and creative…
One thing I’ve learned from 20 years in the IT industry is that being able to execute a project flawlessly is crucial; but being able to demonstrate and quantify the…
I turned 40 in December. A (new) tradition in my family is to pursue a new life experience when you hit 40. I chose to go to Machu Picchu in Peru. I’ve wanted to go there since…
I just read another Jim Collins book: How the Mighty Fall. This one did a great job illustrating the common pitfalls any organization–really, any team–can fall prey to. He chronicles the 5 stages of decline that…
It’s official. There’s no turning back now… As of the last day of December, we were done with our Bonhill Road home. We swept the floors, patched the holes in the walls, and handed the keys…
Have you ever heard the phrase, “May you live in interesting times?” With everything going on at ITW lately, I keep rolling this phrase around in my mind. Apparently, scholars and bloggers dispute…
Excuse my alliteration… I’ve been doing plenty of reading lately. I’ve got a novel and two business books under my belt while on the boat … Alliteration! I re-read Jim Collins’ Good to Great and I…
Henry Ford once remarked, “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business.” Don’t get me wrong, making money is great, but not at the expense… Continue [...]
