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Media Query Source: Part 8 CIO (US digital magazine)Decision making for failing projectsFailure likely unless changes madeFailure not necessarily nega

My responses ended up being included in an article at CIO magazine (September 14, 2017). Extent of quote highlighted in orange. Above image from cited article. The responses I provided to a media outlet on August 18, 2017: Media: When to Abandon an IT Project. My responses addressed the more

Media Query Source: Part 5 The Enterprisers Project (US digital magazine)Advice from execs on embracing changeBeing comfortable with uncertainty is a

The responses I provided to a media outlet on May 12, 2017: My responses ended up being included in an article on "The Enterprisers Project" (June 8, 2017), a collaborative effort between CIO magazine, Harvard Business Review, and Red Hat, alongside 8 others including the CEO of Sencha

IEEE Senior Member Grade Elevation

For anyone wondering about IEEE grade elevation to Senior Member, I received the following notification via email today after my elevation was approved following the application, recommendation, and review process: Dear Erik Gfesser, It is a great pleasure to congratulate you on your elevation to the grade of IEEE Senior

New Book Review: "A Culture of Purpose"

New book review for A Culture of Purpose: How to Choose the Right People and Make the Right People Choose You, by Christoph Lueneburger, Jossey-Bass, 2014, reposted here: The content presented in this work, while centering on building cultures of purpose in organizations, also focuses on sustainability because Lueneburger has

New Book Review: "Leadership Conversations"

New book review for Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders, by Alan S. Berson and Richard G. Stieglitz, Jossey-Bass, 2013, reposted here: The content of this book centers around different types of leadership conversations: to build relationships, to develop others, to make decisions, and to take

New Book Review: "Team Geek"

New book review forTeam Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others, by Brian W. Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman, O'Reilly, 2012, reposted here: Arguably the best text on the software development process that focuses on the individual contributor within the context of a team.

New Book Review: "The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook"

New book review for The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook: A Comprehensive Toolkit for Leading with Trust, by Charles H. Green and Andrea P. Howe, 2011, reposted here: Almost exactly four years ago today, I wrote the following about the predecessor to this text: "Truly, the content that Maister, Green, and

New Book Review: "Strategy and the Fat Smoker"

New book review for Strategy and the Fat Smoker: Doing What's Obvious But Not Easy, by David H. Maister, The Spangle Press, 2008, reposted here: When I first saw this title, I was inclined to think that the author had intended the phrase "fat smoker" to

New Book Review: "Confessions of a Public Speaker"

New book review for Confessions of a Public Speaker, by Scott Berkun, O'Reilly, 2011, reposted here: About a year ago, shortly after one of the directors at the consulting firm with which I am currently employed recommended that I look into speaking on a more formal basis, partially

New Book Review: "Influence"

New book review for Influence: Science and Practice, by Robert B. Cialdini, Pearson Education, 2009, reposted here: The quote by Tom Peters on the cover of the fifth edition is what helped compel me to purchase this text: "If everything were on the line in a negotiation, I can&