My Thursday pop culture blog entries will touch on many different things depending on what I’ve been doing that week but today I wanted to start by recommending a great podcast called We Have Concerns (wehaveconcernsshow@gmail.com). You can find this on iTunes and elsewhere. The hosts are Anthony Carboni (@acarboni) and Jeff Cannata (@jeffcannata) and… Continue reading We Have Concerns
In 2014 I dove deep into my geek identity and started reading comic books again. I’ve read a few in the past several years but I haven’t really been much of a comic book reader since I was a kid. But last year I spent lots of my evenings and weekends reading comics and deeply… Continue reading Comic books
There’s a new page on this blog with info about some new directions I’m taking here. Check it out and let me know what you think. Enjoy!
I spent some time today writing up goals for 2015 and for the next 5 years as part of my ‘end of year review’ for work. The goals flow from my performance review ending 2014 as well as from my reflections on what I would like to do and how I would like to grow… Continue reading Goals for 2015 and beyond
I started writing this blog a couple of years ago with the intention of posting once or twice a week. I wanted to share thoughts coming specifically out of my work as a product owner developing and selling software that enables users to manage their financial risks. I wanted to share things I was learning… Continue reading Update on what’s coming soon
The second book I want to share brief thoughts on here (the one I referenced in my earlier post on Wolfe’s A Man in Full) is a modern translation of The Emperor’s Handbook by Marcus Aurelius. Translated by David V. Hicks and his brother C. Scot Hicks, this modernized version of the meditations of a… Continue reading Meditations
I mentioned in a recent update that I wanted to add another page to my blog where I can put in brief reviews of some books that I’ve been reading. Two books I’ll be writing about soon that relate closely to the work I do are Grow by Jim Stengel (about how ideals power growth… Continue reading A Man in Full
So those of you who follow me on Twitter (and if you’re not following me please check out my tweets @asbiv) may have noticed that I recently started reading (and tweeting about) The Emperor’s Handbook by Marcus Aurelius, a Roman Emperor and a Stoic. Lots of folks who think about leadership and character seem to… Continue reading A life lived on purpose
Even as I am working on number seven in my top ten list of core responsibilities for product owners, I wanted to take a brief break to write about something else. This week I finished two books about people with a passion for making great products and I wanted to share some of what these… Continue reading A passion for great products
A few weeks ago I read a great blog entry from someone I follow on Twitter (@johnwcoleman). Here’s a link to this posting, about 11 books that every young leader must read: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/10/11_books_every_young_leader_mu.html. Why does his list have eleven books instead of a more standard ‘top ten’? I can only assume his reasoning runs along… Continue reading In praise of reading
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