Marenated
thoughts on talent, technology, management and social media
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Technology Increases Responsibility
So I’m fresh back from TRULondon, an unconference put on by Bill Boorman and Geoff Webb. I could talk about all the incredible people that I met (and I will in another post, knock on wood) but for now I’d like to address some thoughts that occurred to me during one or two of the sessions. I attended one session led by Keith Robinson, Felix Wetzel, Alan Whitford and Simon Lewis that was about Job Boards in 2020. There was a lot of intelligent conversation, but as usual my mind got hung... |
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Happy Birthday Jason
For about two weeks I’ve been thinking really hard about what to get Jason Davis for his birthday. It’s a tough order given that the man has everything and what he doesn’t have he goes after (if he wants it bad enough). Anyway, I realized that many of us, if we knew what happens behind the scenes would be thinking about the same thing. Jason’s given us a lot to be thankful for. There’s a laundry list of things that couldn’t have happened without his hand guiding... |
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Pirate Hats, Legos and Skateboards
We had children galore at the Hogan house over the holidays. Between December 20 and well, yesterday, it was all underpants, toilet paper fiascos, massive quantities of spaghetti and Wii fights. But usually, I just have the three boys. One night when it was just my boys in the house, I tiptoed out of the bedroom after prayers, stories and songs and trip over these three things in the hallway: a pirate hat, a lego starship something or other and a skateboard. I started thinking about my kids and... |
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On Leadership, Chaos and Growing Up
Sometimes I avoid writing a blog post because I feel I don’t yet have the answer to the question that originally inspired the writing of the post. Confused yet? I am. But that’s a copout. We’re all sort of searching for answers or at least the smart ones are. So here goes. For some time, I’ve heard from people I admire and respect that I am a leader. Flattered? Yes. Confused? Certainly. Because deep down I don’t really feel like a leader. I don’t have all the... |