* communicating ideas with clarity is hard
* writing a memo before a meeting can cancel a meeting
* I appreciate digital books because I can carry a library with me.
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Mark Kola
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I love to share what I learn everyday with others. This has become evident in the work I do. Listed below are ways that I apply my creativity to the job world, although work is 4th on my priority list. I focus my time on my beautiful family, continuing my relationship with Jesus, and adding in hobbies such as photography to round me out.
* Don't flip the bozo bit
* ask great questions for better context
* work is identified by the url
* finishing my light rail ride by 2pm
* community group tonight
* election day and mail in voting
* Was light an hour earlier (at least according to the clock)
* Doughnuts or Donuts (no matter how you spell it they taste fantastic)
* Thinking about technology leadership and how values, faith, and PLACES fit into it
Technology Leaders need community. Why? Because they really don't know all the answers or they can gain inspiration.
Why Tech Leaders Need Community to Grow
Let’s get real: the myth of the lone genius is dead. In the world of technology, the best leaders aren’t the ones holed up in corner offices, clutching their secrets. They’re the ones in the trenches, learning, failing, and growing—together. If you’re a tech leader, here’s the truth: community isn’t just nice to have. It’s your secret weapon.
Strategic Planning: Roles from a technology leader and faith based perspective
I know it is a lot, to think about, however, I am really focusing this month on how values shape what we do in engineering leadership. Let me know your thoughts?
Strategic Planning: Roles to Consider
Strategic planning in technology leadership is not just a matter of metrics and milestones. Technology leaders may have one or more roles when engaged. How we lead has far reaching impact when working through strategy. Consider how these roles influence, direct, and engage our stewardship.
Scott Galloway
JA WestenbergThe Bible, the periodic table, and the three-act structure all succeed for the same reason: optimized compression architecture.
https://paragraph.com/@signalvs/architecture-vs-content
https://paragraph.com/@signalvs/architecture-vs-content
Architecture vs. Content
Drowning, as we are, in words — billions, in blog posts, tweets, articles, and books published each year — we instinctively believe that what we say matters most. The perfect turn of phrase, the elegant metaphor, the devastating counterargument. But when I recall the most persuasive arguments I've encountered, what lingers isn't always the specific words - it’s their arrangement. The architecture of ideas, not their individual bricks. Consider language models. They generate text by predicting...
I have built a reputation for asking questions even in big forums. The great outcome was "Mark where are the gaps"
I slowed down and only did one or two small cleanup items.
Joy is talking to the kiddos across the world at 5am
1️⃣ Took about a week off of writing / posting / reading information.
2️⃣ My mindset on having expectations of others is changing to how do I make the most prudent decisions for myself that aren't affected by those expectations.
3️⃣ I put a bunch of stickers on the back of my laptop. That could be an addictive hobby.