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The Interim's Inspiration

"The Interim's Inspiration" by John Chambers can be found on his Substack here: The Interim's Inspiration - by John Chambers

Jun 51 min read

Sellers, Marketers, Makers -- Innovation's Ancestry

“In many cases there are times when an invention is technologically possible –- and in which it may indeed appear necessary, as the telescope may have -- but without a market the idea will not sell, and in the absence of the technical and social infrastructure to support it, the invention will not survive.” James Burke, Connections (1978) This essay can be found on the jgcii substack here: Sellers, Marketers, Makers: Innovation's Ancestry

May 281 min read

Empathy: Leadership Strength

“Who is the living food for the machines…- ? Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood - ? Who feeds the machines with their own flesh - ? Let the machines starve, you fools - ! Let them die - ! Kill them - the machines - !” (Metropolis, 1927) This essay can be found on Substack here: Empathy as Strength - by John Chambers

May 71 min read

Enterprise Risk Management: Pascal's Inspiration

Essay can be found at this Substack link. Enterprise Risk Management: Pascal's Inspiration

Apr 301 min read

Program Management Head: AI Evolutionist

hen we forgot about our resolutions. They became perennial champ-wannabes at the bottom of baseball standings, discarded and ignored only after a month or two of a new season. Not all resolutions can be safely hidden in procrastination.

Mar 296 min read

Coming of Age, Recursive Adaptation

"Harvey was a very adaptable person, with a keen eye and ear for every face and tone about him." Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous In...

Feb 5, 20214 min read

Still Remote? Tomorrow, Next Year, Always?

Remote work is not It is not a "pioneering"

Oct 20, 20206 min read

Two Weeks?!! Embracing Architecture within Agile

Two weeks -- the duration of most Agile sprints in companies today. It’s also the length of time that each reno phase was promised to Walter Fielding. Walter was the character that Tom Hanks played in the decades-old comedy The Money Pit. Trying to maintain sanity in their lives and their relationship, he and his partner Anna (Shelley Long) waded through the project from hell. "Two weeks?!!" Walter screamed in exasperation. Bludgeoned into reality, he found that “two weeks”

Oct 13, 20206 min read