lessons-learned
Peloton Bike Tips
I got my Peloton Bike+ 18 months ago, and I've loved it. I've had a few friends recently get one, so I thought I'd share a few things I've learned/enjoyed, for anyone interested: * If you haven't ordered a Peloton
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leadership
Power of Audience-centric Brevity
I recently found the Second City Works presents Getting to Yes, And podcast, which has great interviews and a great host (love their intro/outro music from Jukebox the Ghost) -- I really liked their Marina Nitze and Nick Sinai interview about their new book Hack Your Bureaucracy, as I
investing
Personal Finance 101: Top 15 Priorities
For most people personal finance is boring and frustrating. I find the optimization aspect of it fascinating (though I'm not a financial expert), so I wanted to share some best practices/good ideas I've gathered from reading and trying various services -- I've prioritized
CIO
Should Anyone Care about Enterprise Architecture?
SIM (professional group for CIOs and their direct reports) hosted a webinar today about Enterprise Architecture (EA), in partnership with Info-Tech Research Group. Enterprise Architecture is a triggering, baggage-laden phrase for people who have had bad experiences with ivory-tower architects who want to throw TOGAF diagrams at people and tell
leadership
Monkeys and Pedestals
I recently listened to a great Second City Works podcast, where Kelly interviewed Annie Duke about her new book Quit. It was a fascinating discussion with so many great insights. A highlight for me was hearing about Alphabet (Google) X's Astro Teller's concept of Monkeys and
leadership
Continuously Balance New Action and Process Maturity to Scale
I was enjoying this Strong in Six - You Need Process So Quit Calling It Boring podcast this morning -- they made a great point that organizations need to continuously balance new actions/initiatives/goals, often coming from visionary leaders who are casting/updating where the organization is doing) with
agile
Analog vs. Digital: Cal Newport and David Sax at East City Book Shop IRL
A few days ago, East City Book Shop hosted Cal Newport and David Sax for a book event to chat about David's new book The Future is Analog, which talks about the how when digital transformation happens, there's often an opposing trend, such as vinyl records
CISO
CyberWarCon 2022
Last week's CyberWarCon was a great event (it was so nice to go to an in-person event and connect with people), all about Cyber War. John Hulquist started and runs the annual conference, which I found especially fun as I've been listening to the audiobook Sandworm,
investing
Angel University: Great Angel Investing 101 4-hour Zoom Event
I enjoyed yesterday's Angel University 4-hour angel investing training, with great insights from Jason Calcanis, Mike Savino, and Monique Woodard. The entire cost goes to charities, and it was a great, Zoom-based 101-level introduction into angel investing best practices. There were some great discussions about questions to ask,
miscellaneous
European Travel Tips with Young Kids
Our family, including our young kids (3 kids under 7) made an epic trip to Europe (France and Spain) recently. It was wonderful, but also exhausting and stressful. A few tips/recommendations/lessons learned: * Attack Jet Lag: Flying from the East Cost of the US to France, we took the
agile
Effective Leaders Work On, Not In, Their Teams
Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited, from way back in 1955, talks about the concept that an entrepreneur who starts and grows a company can't just work "in" the business (e.g. doing the work that generates revenue), but they have to work "on&
lessons-learned
Playing with Fire: Personal Finance Documentary
I watched a great documentary recently called Playing with Fire. The movie follows a couple struggling with figuring out their long-term plans, while interviewing some thought leaders in the Financially Independent, Retire Early (FIRE) community. While I think many people write off people in this community (check out this Mr.