This is my 50th published blog post. Not quite a major achievement, but considering the average length of these posts, I can safely say that 50,000+ words is quite a lot of writing.
Tripping Over Milestones
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Everything has a Cost
Into my third week as a Project Manager I’ve already learned that everything, and I mean everything, has a cost.
Stalling Until They Relinquish Control
For three weeks I’ve missed publishing a post. I’ve written them, but I have not published a single one. It might be because they all involve some level of emotional processing based on recent events with protesting, race, or disease.
The Significance of Significance
Lately, I’ve been thinking about problem solving strategies and how others go about them. LexBlog has implemented their #Blog4Good campaign, an attempt to collect and disseminate much needed legal information during this critical time.
Salads and Solutions: The similarities of Professional Cooking and Project Management
When I got my undergraduate degree in English, I didn’t have a clue what I was looking for in a career. I took a job at a restaurant to get by while I considered my options. I had worked there
Casual Friday: The Rhetoric I tell myself to Continue Blogging
I’m following in turn as my peers have already done this week. Brian, LexBlog’s designer wrote a straightforward and meaningful post in response to Bob’s Ambrogi’s criticism of content marketing and COO Garry’s difficult question of “Why do you blog?”.
Casual Friday: Puzzle Knots
I’ve been spending more hours “at-work” the last several weeks. The quotation marks are on purpose. You see, I’ve worked from home since fall 2019, just about 6 months now. Some days I hit 8 hours perfectly, others spill over
The Expected Opinion
Occasionally I’m invited to decision making meetings. Sure, we call them “strategy meetings”, or “product launches”, or even disguise the meeting as “training”, but the effect is still the same. We get together and decide shared language, action items, and
Casual Friday: Where’s the rhetoric in an Algorithm?
There’s been some odd behavior the last few weeks. We hear reports of people blatantly ignoring stay-at-home orders to visit the beach, throw big birthday parties, or simply go to Church on a Sunday. Some of the more concerning ones
The Dangers of Isolation Rhetoric
This ain’t my first rodeo there cowboy.
For the last 14 years I’ve learned to practice keeping myself safe from germs with some success. However, try as I might, I’ve gotten some really bad bugs. Some of them made work a