Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips Take care when assuming that something was done correctly at some time in the past. “I’ll copy this, modify it, and move on,” said a brave and trusting person. Perhaps “this” was done correctly in the past. Copying and modifying is a good, time-saving tactic. What, however, if this was done incorrectly […]

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by Dwayne Phillips A conversation about writing and publishing and the like. A: It sounds like you have a book—in your head, in your ear, maybe even on paper. It also sounds like you would like to one day have a book in your hand and maybe in the hands of others. A: Tell me […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Employers give little clues that they won’t hire you because you are told old. Here are a couple of age discrimination clues I have heard: This job is really deep and difficult to learn. It will take smart person at least a year to learn all you need to know before you […]

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by Dwayne Phillips A recent major survey shows that managers and the managed disagree on what work is and isn’t. Microsoft recently surveyed 20,000 persons across 11 countries about work. The result: 87% of the managed felt they worked as, or more, efficiently from home 80% of managers felt that at-home workers weren’t working Here […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Is it a data leak or an information share? Perhaps it is both; perhaps it is for the greater good. An old question has been asked again several times recently. Several decades ago I read of the non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that the chip makers in Silicon Valley had. Employees signed legal documents […]

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by Dwayne Phillips A new acronym for each day: what did you learn today? I have read about a new trend called “quiet quitting” in which persons earn their paycheck (a necessary component) and do not more. They are not climbing the ladder or whatever we call is these days. They work hard and then […]

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by Dwayne Phillips “Everyone” wants flexibility in their job (work from home when I want). How many of us want “meaning” in our job? “I can do this job from anywhere at almost anytime of day or night.” That statement is immediately followed by the question, “So why do you want me here from 9 […]

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by Dwayne Phillips When assuming that another person already knows something, ask, “And why would they know that?” It happened again the other day at work, someone interrupted a presentation, pointed to something mentioned but not shown, and asked, “But what is that thing? What does it do?” The presenter, unable to hide the aghast […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Back in 1990, I was part of this cloud computing and remote work—in a manner of speaking. Cloud computing has enabled remote work—as we know it today. I guess the last five words are the key—as we know it today. Some of us have done this type of work for decades. Back […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Perhaps this is the complaint of an old man, but all the Zoomer Teams meetings just aren’t getting it done. The title of this post is an old expression from an old time. We used to talk with people on the telephone. That worked to a point, but we couldn’t “picture” the […]

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