Change Management… Ownership in Small and Medium Technology companies – Part 1 10 May 20232 Jun 2023 This post is part of a series on Scaling Small and Medium Technology companies. For each of the topics that I explore in this series, I will start with a…
Communcation… Leading leaders 21 Jan 20181 May 2023 Maybe you are a Director, a Head of X or a Vice President, and you now own a department or multiple teams. Moving from a front line leader i.e managing Individual…
Games… Why games are good for you – Board, RPG and War 31 Oct 20173 Dec 2018 Without a doubt I love playing games. They grow my skills, they help me evolve as a human and they can even be fun. "You learn more about a person…
Career Management… Actions speak louder then words 28 Mar 201428 Mar 2014 A person, company, organization community can be judged on its actions and behaviours not its intents. Especially when the shit hits the fan. Its easy to be nice when the…
Startup… Building an open source program for technology co-founders 29 May 20131 Jun 2013 In February I wrote a blog post about the lack of support for technology co-founders in BC, Canada. I have decided to pull together an open source program/set of courses…
Startup… Is Vancouver missing the vital component to create enough tech co-founders? 21 Feb 201329 May 2013 If only somewhere Vancouver,BC would offer a course in Startup Engineering/Architecture? Like this http://startup.stanford.edu but maybe it could be something better, that trains up developers into potential tech co-founders? Where they can…
Communcation… A cold startup weekend in Seattle – The rise of the designer 18 Jan 201221 Feb 2019 After Vancouver Startup weekend, I pretty much decided to head to the next Seattle event. Mujtaba Badat @MujtabaBadat (he presented Duke Nuke - one of the winners) and I became…
Branding… Your recruitment system maybe losing you paying customers and damaging your brand 6 Sep 201122 May 2012 Your brand is the COMPLETE experience, every interaction, anything that can change motivation and/or attitudes, with your company. This can include the consuming of your product and service, repair, suppliers…
Communcation… Why should I be your next CMO/VP Marketing 1 Sep 2011 Dear CEO, There are Marketers who are marketers… then there are Marketers that are techies, entrepreneurs, educators, leaders, community-builders… and marketers. I’m not your average Marketing VP: I’m a Marketing…
Education… What does the future of post secondary education look like? 31 Aug 201131 Aug 2011 I was recently asked by a organization leader of an local education institute what my view is. Here are my thoughts along with some possible solutions in red. The green…