The Flames Burn Brightly, a story I hinted at in some of my previous posts. This is the story of bringing the second edition of my mom’s book, The Flames Shall Not Consume You to life! Since first writing about my mother’s passing in 2013, I occasionally hear from people whose lives she impacted. The […]
This past fall was to be my 45th high school reunion (yes, FORTY-FIFTH, I know, I’m old). We also learned last summer that the re-dedication celebration of the memorial in honor of my great-great-grandparents was to be held the very same day. Let the wrestling match in my head begin… …attend the reunion and see […]
Continue with me as our Journey Through the Land of Serendip comes to an end. You may recall from the first two installments, this past summer two separate storylines from this blog collided in a wonderful adventure. We wrap up that adventure with one last stop on our journey through the Land of Serendip in […]
Continue with me on our journey, A Journey Through the Land of Serendip. You may recall from the first installment (and if you don’t you can read it here), this past summer two separate storylines from this blog collided in a wonderful adventure. That adventure continues here…and collides with a third storyline…a storyline I have […]
Welcome to the collision of two storylines. I don’t know how often this happens to other authors, but I believe this is a first for me in over a decade of blogging. A few years ago I wrote a series of posts in the form of fairy tales. The fairy tales took place in a […]
Guest Post by Lisa Gallagher Great companies don’t just rely on agile business models or modern organizational frameworks. In fact, how successful a business is depends on its leadership positions. The people in place to manage the general staff affect employee productivity, and, ultimately, the company’s bottom-line. A Gallup report highlights that managers account for about 70% […]
I had a great time talking cloud with host Grant Asplund of #TalkingCloud. We touch on a lot of aspects of a cloud journey from the perspective of the CIO, including the impacts on the CIO’s staff and how they must help to prepare them for the journey. We also discuss my latest book, Amplify […]
I am incredibly excited to announce that I have been recognized as a Book Excellence Award Finalist for my book, Amplify Your Job Search in the Non-Fiction Category. Out of hundreds of books that were entered into the Book Excellence Awards competition, my book was selected for its high-quality writing, design, and overall market appeal. To view […]
On this episode of the CXO Underground, I had the pleasure of chatting with hosts Joe Topinka and Mike Charobee about IT leadership and strategy. We took a trip in the way-back machine and talked about our early days in IT including geeking out on punch cards, Fortran, and Commodore 64s. During the conversation, Joe […]
Wow! It’s been a minute since I posted something here on Rivers of Thought! My last post was a Christmas wish and now it is St. Patrick’s Day! To say the first 10 weeks of the year have been a blur is an understatement. While it may seem from the perspective of this blog that […]
