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27Apr 202314 Jun 2023

Scaling for Small and Medium Technology Companies

I’ve noticed many articles, books, and blog posts for Technology Leadership / Management are written by people who now or…

16Sep 201815 Jun 2023

Software Engineering Leadership

Software Engineer leadership is where you lead/manage a number of software engineers, directly or via another manager(s). Your title could…

19Mar 20182 Dec 2018

Leadership by Example

This blog post is a continuation from a previous one called Leading Leaders “We must be the change we wish…

Reflection on TEDx Vancouver

14 Nov 201123 Nov 2011

Did I learn anything? Yes. Was it a good crowd of people? Most definitely. Would you recommend it to friends? Yes. Were there ideas to spread? Absolutely. The theme of TEDx Vancouver was “Frontier”…

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…

Socrates as a mentor?

2 Sep 20113 Sep 2011

The modern socratic method I belive is not helpful for growing ideas or for exploring ideas.. and can be dangerous in terms of mentoring. This thought process started when I…

Communcation…

Why should I be your next CMO/VP Marketing

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…

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…

Why do I teach?

31 Aug 201131 Aug 2011

Its not the money, no I don’t get free courses or any discount on other courses. Here are 15 reasons why I teach: It turns skill into knowledge I have…

Branding for Tech Startups

26 Aug 201120 Sep 2011

A lot of people seem to believe that a brand is about advertising. That it is merely corporate identity, the name, and the logo, the colours used. So here is…

TEDx Vancouver

25 Aug 201125 Aug 2011

TEDx events are really interesting in that you have to apply to attend. I have been to TEDx Vancouver and the TEDxUBC so far. The talkers can be interesting but…

Communcation…

Abstract vs Concrete

24 Aug 201124 Aug 2011

I think abstract is dead and concrete is in. I am biased its my style, I am a survivalist, if I could build a shelter to protect me from the…

Thoughts on the cultural evolution

23 Aug 201128 Jun 2023

Here are some of my thoughts on the future of culture and identity. Language will evolve I believe the barrier of language will disappear and it will become more of…