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Missed click
Losing people in an organization just because a click is missed, this is very sad.
Meetings structured around a 6 page memo
Quoting from Jeff Bezos: “The traditional kind of corporate meeting starts with a presentation. Somebody gets up in front of the room and presents with a PowerPoint presentation, some type of slide show. In our view you get very little information, you get bullet points. This is easy for the presenter, but difficult for the … Read more
BAD_POOL_HEADER
BAD_POOL_HEADER is not the title of a film, it’s not the code to enter into a system, it’s an error from Windows 10. It comes with a beautiful blue screen, not a simple electric blue screen such on Windows 3.11. and it also adds an emoticon like this: 🙁 I thought that new generations would … Read more
Organizational debt, DevOps and OpenSource
A debt is a debt, it’s something you acquire to be able to acquire other capabilities or values in a market, product, behavior… Every company have this type of debt with more or less exposure. This debt can be excess of organization (typically a big company) or lack of organization (commonly a start-up). Companies acquire … Read more
Big tech companies, snapshot
I want to remind these figures for future and check how they evolve.
The destruction that goes beyond
Business leaders who adopt the attitude that anyone is replaceable, thinking they can simply hire someone with a greater skill set or someone with a more prestigious pedigree, are fooling themselves. There are some employees that cannot be replaced, and that when they disappear from the company, they carry with them value that simply cannot … Read more
El caso Avatar: así es el mayor de los males de la empresa actual
Leyendo este artículo, me confirma muchas cosas que vivo en el día a día. No estoy al 100% deacuerdo con el artículo pero si con su mensaje fundamental. Para mi lista de recuerdos,
Brexit, too much opinions and lack of data.
So many things have been discussed and told about the Brexit. I have read a lot of bullshit and opinions the topic, so I have tried to concentrate on assertive analysis and data. The 2 analysis I liked more are these ones: Leaving the EU (Deloitte): link How important is the European Union to UK … Read more
Act as a change agent
If you want to survive in this organization and this industry, make sure you are acting as a change agent. Keep track on changes that are happening from business perspective and on technology, adopt changes as a natural process of evolution.