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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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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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The topic for the week

If you have been reading this BLOG for a while, you know that I attend church weekly to get another view of the world and current events. This week the topic was no surprise, giving thanks. Being as Yesterday was … Continue reading

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Hallway protocol??

One of my co-workers pointed out the other day that someone needs to define a hallway protocol. He normally wears glasses and when he gets up for a coffee and leaves his glasses on his desk, he very often passes … Continue reading

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A new way to work

It is not uncommon for technology workers to work off site from time to time. This is especially true when a quite environment is required to achieve an important deadline. I have been known to solve complex problems in a … Continue reading

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A better work environment

I have always been interested in the human condition, in particular how to create a work environment that makes people want to come to work each day. Like most things in life, there is no one magic set of things … Continue reading

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