Monthly Archives: October 2013

Career Letter

I have been working in the tech industry for 32+ years. When I started my Career at Mitel in 1981, I had just graduated from St. Lawrence College in Cornwall with an Electronics Engineering Technology Diploma. While working at Mitel, … Continue reading

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A new week

Good morning readers, Last week we reviewed the first few chapters of Ibrahim’s book “Weeding out the Wankers.” This week, I’m going to relay stories from the current job search. I am learning some things about the contract business that … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 6

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 5 “Lost in the translation” This chapter starts with a spoiler, “Strategy is critical.” Those three words are what the chapter is all about. Everyone, at … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 5

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 4 “Is the vehicle more important than the destination?” This chapter has a lot of material and I am just going to consider the part on … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 4

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 3 “Empathy and Sympathy – Know the difference”. This chapter is about a special kind of ineffective leader that I call “An empty suit”. You would … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 3

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 2 “Average Leadership”. This chapter is about leadership and some of the strange things that companies do to develop their leaders. Lets start with a quote. … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 2

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today I would like to finish my comments on Chapter one “Painting the Titanic”. This chapter is about what to watch for with respect to ineffective management. As a founder at Newbridge I … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 1

When I was out visiting my brother in Vancouver this past summer he gave me a copy of a book written by the current CTO of Tellus, Ibrahim Gedeon. I finished the book yesterday and thought that it might be … Continue reading

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The future of travel? (I want one)

I first heard of this company via a TED talk where they demonstrated their first flying car called the transformer. This new model is called the TF-X and the company is Terrafugia. ” The first flying cars are set to … Continue reading

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Looking for employment

My current contract was just ended, so it’s time to re-examine how to approach searching for a job. The process has changed significantly in some ways and remained the same in others. There are a number of opportunities on the … Continue reading

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