Tag Archives: Management

“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 4

Posted on October 23, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

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

Posted on October 22, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

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

Posted on October 21, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

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

Posted on October 18, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

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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Tech Tuesday update

Posted on October 2, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Close to 300 people showed up at the Marshes last night for Tech Tuesday. The event for the evening was to be a panel discussion on the state of the tech industry in the Ottawa area. The panelists were to … Continue reading →

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Hallway protocol??

Posted on September 5, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

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 better work environment

Posted on August 26, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

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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Agile – If it were only that easy….

Posted on July 12, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

The Agile method of software development has been around for a few years now and it looks like it has settled in for the long haul. Agile by itself is not a bad method, but it can be abused as … Continue reading →

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Avoid the pitfalls of career advancement

Posted on July 8, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

I can’t speak for anyone other than myself, but I suspect that many of you remember what it was like graduating from high school and trying to decide on a career. For me it was a process of elimination, but … Continue reading →

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Do we really need management?

Posted on May 27, 2013 by ajgillette98@gmail.com

Ever wonder why people spend so much of their time getting an education and then decide to do something completely different? Most of the time the thing that these people decide to do has nothing to do with their education … Continue reading →

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