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How to Get Things Done
A couple of years ago I tried the following excercise - In 30 minutes, write down as many things as I could about how to get things done.This is far from a complete list, just what I could complete...
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Mind Control and the Friendly Mouse Part 2
Mind Control and the Friendly Mouse has been one of my most popular posts. I've gotten lots of comments and questions on this, one reader even going so far as to add a comment with a link to pictures...
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How to Be an Effective Manager
I’ve learned that there are four distinct styles of management: Directing, Supporting, Coaching, and Delegating. Each can be effective when applied in the right context.One of the most intriguing...
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Mountain Bike Lessons – pt. 1
I've taken up moutain bike racing over the past couple of years. Though I'm not an expert, I've realized that the lessons I’ve learned from racing have made me more effective in other areas of my life....
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Mountain Bike Lessons – pt. 2
In my last post I discussed lessons I’d learned from racing mountain bikes. In this post I’ll show how some of these lessons have translated into improvements in my overall effectiveness.Get a good...
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Effectiveness Anti-patterns
As defined by Whatis.com, “An anti-pattern is a frequently used, but largely ineffective solution to a problem… Just as a viable pattern describes the way from a problem to a valid solution, an...
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Focus on the Solution Instead of the Goal – Effectiveness Anti-Pattern
In my last post, I explained what effectiveness anti-patterns are and why they are useful.In this post I’ll give you an example of an anti-pattern that I’ve seen cause problems for a lot of people –...
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Visual Studio Team Foundation Guide is Available
For the past couple of months I've been working with Microsoft on a guide to help development teams useVisual Studio Team System more effectively. Today we released an early version of the guide, a 360...
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How to Get Things Done - Colin Powell Version
My brother recently sent me a paraphrased list of Colin Powell's 'rules'. This is a man that has experienced the highest echelons of power, has been thoroughly tested, and knows how to get things done....
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What is Your Management Style?
I recently conducted an interview for a highly capable developer. I was the last person in the interview loop and I already knew I wanted to hire him, so I opened the time up to allow him to ask me as...
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What Makes an Achiever?
J.D. Meier asked me:Do you see a pattern where some are “achievers” and some are not?Achievers tend to produce, but just need coaching.Some people (Non-achievers or whatever to call them), seem to need...
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The Change Frame
Do you ever find yourself in a situation you don't like? Most of us find ourselves in difficult situations in our professional or personal lives from time to time. In a tough situation you can adapt...
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Improving Web Services Security Guide is Available
In an earlier post I wrote about the experience of working with Microsoft on a guide to help teams use Visual Studio Team System more effectively.I'm happy to announce that we recently completed a new...
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How to Get Results
Inspired by the Zen of Results E-Book, the members of my team had a spirited discussion on personal productivity. The book contains great information but it didn't address a burning question on the...
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Application Architecture Guide is Available
After many months of work, we've released the patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide - http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide. You can download the pdf or you can view it all on the...
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Belief
Michael Michalko wrote an inspirational article on choice, how we can choose our attitudes deliberately and consciously. I’ve been reflecting on the nature of belief lately. Belief in a God, or not....
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Telling Stories
The way we think of our lives and how we fit into the world is in the form of stories. That’s why narrative is so powerful, it taps into the essence of how we think about being human. Most of us have a...
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Our Brains are Wired for Seeking
I love this article on seeking from Slate magazine, I think it is one of those ideas that can help you gain a new perspective on human behavior (including your own). The article describes how the act...
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Getting Results
My friend J.D. Meier has written a new book focused on how to be more effective, entitled Getting Results.I came to Getting Results with a history of effectiveness and success. I had a solid sense of...
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Istanbul
I found myself having to go to Istanbul to meet with a customer and due to complicated rules of international chihuahua travel, I had to go alone. The plan was to leave home on a Wednesday, arrive in...
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Zurich
I arrived in Zurich with a couple of days to kill. Plans had changed. Instead of meeting the family in Lisbon I would meet them in the Zurich airport and then we would all fly to Lisbon together. Upon...
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Vision Mission Values
As Security Innovation gets bigger we've realized we need some way to preserve what makes the company special, for our customers and for our employees. I think it all comes down to Values, since that's...
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Security Innovation Values
We recently completed our values exercise and Security Innovation and I'd like to share the results. These were also shared by our CEO Ed Adams in a corporate blog post.IntroductionThe following...
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Check Out My Family Adventure Blog
I know I've been quiet for a while, ok a really long while, but I'd like you to check out another blog where my family and I have been quite active.If you are interested in free range families, raising...
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End of the Wild: Shipwrecked in the Pacific Northwest
Over the winter I took the time to write my first novel - a lifelong dream that has finally come true! This is a story that has been brewing inside of me for a very long time, inspired by the sailing...
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