Ethics and Compliance The oversight of ethics and compliance programs is a core board responsibility. A single corporate misstep today can result in immediate reductions in business operations and/or long-term reputational brand damage. Both are important but in very different ways. Compliance A known set of rules, laws, regulations, and/or policies that are … Read more
My wife is a writer. Last week she shared an interesting piece of advice for dealing with writer’s block. Cleve, you need a good dose of healthy curiosity Cleve. Of course, I asked for more details and I got this: Every week research something that you’re curious about. Something I’m curious about? Well, … Read more
I’m black. Born in England and live in Seattle, Washington. I turned fifty in 2021. I’ve three careers – so far – an academic (5 years), a software architect (6 years), and currently a chief technology officer (16 years). For the last twenty years I’ve head leadership positions where I created and/or part owned those … Read more
Twenty years ago technical agility unlocked smarter ways to ship software faster. Did you that Amazon.Com releases code changes to meet customer needs every 12 seconds? Now, after a year of living with COVID, business agility is now the next mountain to climb. Growth is the term of the day. It’s important. But let’s not … Read more
It’s hard to keep things simple. However, simple things get things done. I was a long term user of Evernote. I used it for one thing; to take notes. On my desktop. Through the web. When traveling with my phone. Seamlessly syncing between my all devices. Simple note-taking was bliss. But Evernote grew beyond my … Read more
I procrastinate. I know when I’m doing it but struggle to avoid it. However, I hate not getting things done more than I love to procrastinate. So I found this technique to just get me started. I’m calling it the In Five For Five rule. When you next have something you know you have to … Read more
I’ve updated my simple meeting policy to include the 05 meeting rule. My simple meeting policy shortens traditional 30-minute meetings to 25 minutes and 1-hour meetings to 50 minutes. However, that didn’t stop some meetings from overrunning and eating into that all-important extra 5 mins we were trying to protect for everyone’s peace of mind. … Read more
As I was clearing out my computer over the Christmas break I stumbled across these images that literally blew my mind. In 1956, it took an army of people, planes, trains, and automobiles to transport 5Mb storage from one location to another. Today, it would take 200,000 of those monster drives to hold the same … Read more
This is my simple meeting policy. With more virtual meetings, we need more time to recover between meetings. To any meeting organizer, I will commit to: Arriving on time. Leaving on time. To any meeting organizer, I need: An agenda in the invite. Proactive management of the agenda to the allotted time. To any meeting … Read more
So I read Measure What Matters. It was awesome. The book outlines a goal setting system that scales from small projects to the large programmes of work. Started at Intel, popularised by Google, Objective Key Results (OKRs) are widespread from Bono to Bill Gates. Today, OKRs are a proven approach to operating excellence that focuses … Read more