A lot of people, including myself, have truly refused to accept the 2016 election. We have entered into a “cold” civil war, uncharted territory for us as Americans. I voted for Gore in 2000, but this election does not feel the same. Bush was not coherent in language, but he…

I woke up this morning after watching in disbelief as our world changed. I felt a genuine fear the world was ending. I had to get up somehow and go meet with the new executive at my company that I’ll be working with & somehow show my enthusiasm for the…

Earlier today I spent a body of time with one of my development teams discussing the way we make estimates on developing features. It led to some good insights into fighting all of our internal planner’s fallacy. Why Estimate? Before I dive into this question, I should probably give some reason that…

An Introduction to the Project I’ll be writing through…. Local Brainstorm The Brief: I want to tackle local issues (for me that means Seattle) by creating a fully open- source, public idea management system. It would be a place where people could give their ideas and feedback on social initiatives and…

I began this blog a while back with the intention to share my perspective on something I call ambition management, which is a fancy way to describe the responsibility of someone with a lot of goals. I feel I am successful at such an endeavor but know how perilous things can be. While I’ve spent a lot of time constructing a system that I use, I haven’t been able to make time to share that out enough.

Develop as a Goalsetter — Learning to goal-set is like learning a hobby or sport. There are physical functions that you must attend to, mental activities that you have to think about critically, and technical activities specific to it that generally only apply to goalsetting as an activity.

Who, What, When, Where, & Why. — Goals are generally for and about you, but affect the people around you. Some goals you wish to share with no one. Some goals can only be achieved with someone. Some goals are the direct opposite of being for you, but affect you more than anyone else. …