So, You're a Manager Now
Transitioning from being an Individual Contributor (IC) to a Manager is one of the most difficult shifts any person may make in their career. This represents a recognition of gr...
The Middle Path of Planning and Reflection
Thinking about the future or past is an important practice, but we must be careful to not to take either too far. Buddhists call this the Middle Way or the Middle Path. Taking a...
Micromanagement and Trust
If you ask 100 employees if they like to be micromanaged 90 of them will say no, and the remaining 10 will walk away in disgust at you having the gall to ask the question. Micro...
Start With the Hard Part
I like Seth Godin’s blog I recommend you check it out. He writes daily, so it can be overwhelming, but there are really some good nuggets in there.
Delight in the Details
In trying to understand something we can often fall into a pattern of mapping the new thing to something we already know. This is a great way to get a foundation for understandi...
Introducing ReThink Security
Recently Jason Taylor and I started a new side project, ReThink Security. The purpose is to share the insights that we’ve built up over the past two decades in the security indu...
Max Out vs. Continuous Development
There’s a mental difference between thinking that something can be maxed out versus being constantly improved and developed. If something can be maxed out there is an end. This ...
Asking for Help Part 2 - Alerting
I realized in my first part of Asking for Help that I didn’t put a fine enough point on some of the points I should have made when asking for help.
Specialize or Do Not Specialize
In my industry I’ve found that you can be successful by committing to being a specialist or by committing not to specialize. People stumble, struggle, fail, or get burned out wh...