Mark Phillips8 Tips For Better Video MeetingsI’ve spent most of the last decade working from home. From 2014 until early 2020 I was working for a US company, where initially I was the…Oct 4, 2020Oct 4, 2020
Mark Phillips5 books, part 5: Into the Woods by John Yorke“Good storytelling never gives you four, it gives you two plus two… Don’t give the audience the answer, give them the pieces and let them…Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
Mark Phillips5 books, part 4: Alchemy by Rory Sutherland“Things are not what they are; they are what we think they are”Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
Mark Phillips5 books, part 3: Loonshots by Safi BahcallLoonshot: a widely dismissed idea whose champions are often written off as crazy.Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
Mark Phillips5 books, part 2: Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull“Figuring out how to build a sustainable culture … wasn’t a singular assignment. It was a day-in-day-out, full-time job.”Dec 18, 2019Dec 18, 2019
Mark Phillips5 books, part 1: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman“The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.”Dec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2019
Mark PhillipsBuild better companies, teams and products with inspiration from these 5 books“The human mind does not run on logic any more than a horse runs on petrol.”Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
Mark PhillipsMigrating the runbook: a journey from legacy to DevOps“Just type this invoice up for me will you please?” asked a sheepish looking Malcolm.Nov 10, 2016Nov 10, 2016
Mark PhillipsPuppet vs Chef vs AnsibleI’ve spent my entire IT career automating. To me, the point of technology is to make life easier, so I tend to look for any way I can to…Oct 1, 2013Oct 1, 2013