by Alex | Sep 20, 2016 | Business, Technology
Ah… The IT department where the verisimilitude of the IT Crowd hits home so well. Just read Tales from Tech Support on Reddit. But the inverse also applies. Howe many of us has been screwed over by bad IT departments. I’ve been with startups and small...
by Alex | Feb 19, 2016 | Business, Work
Any manager who doesn’t have a clear objective (or fail to communicate one) is destined for disappointment. It is critical to have a mutual understanding of expectations between team members when dealing with tasks. Some so-called managers don’t even...
by Alex | Feb 16, 2016 | Business, Work
We, old foggies, were transferred out to new assignments. That left some leadership void that (we are glad) our best people filled in. (I’d write about the Peter Principle some other time.) While part of letting your wards blossom is giving them space,...
by Alex | Jun 27, 2014 | Business, Work
We’re about to start a new development cycle at work and my fellow project leads and I were discussing how to we’d like to form our project teams. While we all desire a balanced matrix, one function head insists on going strong matrix where her team would...
by Alex | Jun 16, 2014 | Business, Work
I really find it amusing to hear stories of people losing it at work. Table flipping episodes and berserker breakdowns are quite rare. I personally have yet to witness such outbursts. I’ve seen shouting matches, finger pointing, and cursing but no violence yet....
