• Layoffs suck (2/2) — Where are your people?

    This is Part 2 of 2 for folks who’ve been laid off … reductions in force … reorganizations … role eliminations … whatever. As you start to recover and bounce forward, some folks will tell you to focus on ‘self-care’…

  • Layoffs suck (1/2) — the Five Stages of Grief

    Last week, several thousand talented professionals often with decades of experience and years with their company were cut loose. Over my career, I’ve been laid off … been fired … been ‘reorg’d’ out of the team … etc. So, this…

  • How JFK predicted AI and Data Management

    In 1962, JFK gave his famous moonshot speech to put an astronaut on the moon using a rocket “made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented”. They knew the outcome and the method years in…

  • The Scariest Words to Hear During a Ransomware Attack

    Recently, I had the chance to visit with an IT pro who had experienced a ransomware encryption attack, and he told me about the scariest words he heard during those first several minutes. Upon receiving the ransom demand, the first…