Category Archives: work

More career advice to be taken or left from The Poulet

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

Following up on the  day-before-yesterday’s post, m,poulet reiterated his rules to me by email today so that I wouldn’t have beer on the brain when trying to recall them. Here they are in all their ovine glory 1/ Don’t make … Continue reading →

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Changing the rules

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

I used to have three basic rules for success that I mentioned in passing last year: the squeaky wheel gets the grease, quality before quantity, and make yourself indispensable. After a beer-soaked discussion last night with m.poulet, I feel inclined … Continue reading →

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Matricial Organization Survival Guide

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

I got to thinking about how one survives in matricial organizations where the lines of power are unclear and crisscrossed and thought I’d jot down some thoughts. Since one isn’t really sure who is pulling the strings and the decision-making … Continue reading →

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News from Orlando: Behind the scenes

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Dear reader, I have once again hopelessly neglected you for nearly a week. I have a good excuse: giant sales conference in Orlando all week. That entails either loads of meetings and presentations or too much beer (or both?). Yet, … Continue reading →

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Ups and downs of a marketing guy and Dexter S06E11

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Dear reader, I have woefully neglected you this week and for that I apologize. It has been a week frought with change and opportunity work-wise. My organization is being completely re-shuffled and everyone is understandably is complete incertitude. I had … Continue reading →

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More reflections on the cloud

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

Thanks to all who liked my post last night. In particular, one of my friends couldn’t post his comments for some reason so I’ll reproduce the dialog here: Disclosure: This particular friend works for one of my competitors thus the caginess … Continue reading →

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Did Everything Really Change?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

There was a sort of minor sea change in the PLM world Tuesday as Autodesk finally entered the fray. Just about five years after questioning the value of PLM, CEO Carl Bass is now convinced that his PLM on the … Continue reading →

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The continuing PowerPoint Saga

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Feeling a tad stressed because I have a high-level PowerPoint presentation that I am delivering next week as well as a deep dive the next day. And naturally, I am totally unprepared after last week’s Vegas trip. Trying to catch … Continue reading →

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Measuring my BKT (Beer Karaoke Threshold)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Yes, I think there must be a scientific method for determining at which point I go from casual, sardonic observer of karaoke with colleagues to singing and air-guitar’ing maniac. Perhaps it is around 5 or 6 beers. I am fairly … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Inspiration to hit…and 5 Tips for a successful pitch

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Has this ever happened to you when you had a, let’s just say, creative, assignment to fulfill with a tight deadline and you draw blanks for days leading up to the final day or so? I had a presentation to … Continue reading →

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