Consulting
The Curiosity Dividend
A post on the benefits of embracing the unknown.
Tag: Why New Systems Fail
Thoughts, observations, and occasional rants related to my first book.
AI
The Case for a Regular Tech Audit
I'll take the benefits of curiosity over the costs of problem-solving.
AI
On AI, Priorities, and Product Development
Thoughts on ignoring a popular product's glaring weakness to pursue sexy new features.
AI
Simon's Laws of Interorganizational Communication and Collaboration
Project charters are meaningless unless people, you know, actually follow them. Sadly, this isn't always the case.
Collaboration
Why I Don't Offer Turnkey Consulting Arrangements
Foolish is the soul who believes that successful change management involves a cookie-cutter approach.
Project Management
Thoughts on the Hertz Debacle
$32M doesn't get you what you think when you hire large consulting firms.
Dataviz
Visualizing My Teaching Schedule
Sometimes Gantt charts actually make sense.
Project Management
Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Publication of Why New Systems Fail
A decade ago, my first book hit the shelves.
Higher Education
Why All College Students Need to Know the Basics of Coding
Even finance, accounting, and marketing majors should understand what makes software tick.
Dataviz
Reflections on Carnegie Mellon 25 Years Later
Thoughts on the most important skills and abilities that I picked up at CMU.
Analytics
Reflections on Supervising More Than 100 Capstone Projects
Thoughts on some of my students' best work.
Announcements
Chemonics Receives Innovation Award
Recognition for good work never gets old.
Higher Education
Thoughts on Teaching Older Students
What do when someone possesses a great deal of professional experience.
Analytics
Three Main Types of Capstone Project Problems
Thoughts on some common issues and what to do about them.
Analytics
Reflections on 2017
Thoughts on an enormously turbulent year.
Trends
The Case for DevOps
A look at an increasingly common way of "doing IT."
Analytics
Why Analytics Today Are More Democratic
It's no longer 1995.
Analytics
Announcing My Eighth Book
Here's the skinny on my new one, Analytics: The Agile Way.