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Don MacLennan

My 2020 resolution: be courageous

What motivates our New Year’s Resolutions is to seek some form of self-improvement.

2 min readDec 30, 2019

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My 2020 resolution: be courageous

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Don MacLennan

Second chances

I met up with an old friend over a beer recently. We hadn’t seen each other in years. An aside: do you have friends where you can go years…

2 min readDec 12, 2019

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Second chances

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Don MacLennan

Finding oneself in college

I was in Ann Arbor recently, visiting my local team there.

2 min readOct 29, 2019

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Finding oneself in college

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Don MacLennan

Fail forward: an origin story

It was the winter of 1983. I was a senior in high school. I had told my parents that I didn’t plan to go to college that fall. So I didn’t…

3 min readOct 7, 2019

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Fail forward: an origin story

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Don MacLennan

Fail forward?

I’m playing around with a book concept. Something I probably won’t get to writing for a while, given all that’s going on in my life.

3 min readSep 28, 2019

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Don MacLennan

Leadership is a privilege

I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately, as I make the transition from McAfee to my new role at Barracuda Networks.

2 min readSep 25, 2019

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Leadership is a privilege

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Don MacLennan

On gratitude

Rob J. wrote me an email a couple years back, out of the blue. We’d lost touch since our days in Boston, as close friends back in our 20's.

2 min readSep 6, 2019

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On gratitude

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Don MacLennan

Why I lead

Why do leaders lead? For some, it could be for the money, power, or notoriety.

2 min readMay 25, 2019

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Why I lead

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Don MacLennan

Don MacLennan

Tech industry vet, father, occasional blogger, lover of good wine and wicked smart people. SVP Engineering & Product at Barracuda Networks. Views are my own.

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