Olympic Aspirations

First, thank you to all the athletes who participated in the Oympics this year, the delays, uncertainty, covid protocols, and the emotional rollercoaster of the pandemic made training and competing all the more challenging. Thank you for sticking with your passion and representing your country. An observation from seeing so many athlete backstories. I noticed

Novel Confessions

I have a confession to make. I’m a Baldacci snob when it comes to Audible pleasure listening. Since retiring from Microsoft, one of my true pleasures is to be able to get lost in a story, and Audible makes that very easy with the array of titles they offer. I had remembered my books on

Risk Assessment in the face of virus pandemic

I have been a project manager for many years, and risk assessment is always a challenge because it requires speculation about an unknown future state or alternate scenarios that depend on some “factors”. I have never had to assess for what to do in case of widespread infection before. Truly scary times! I keep hearing

New Journeys and Goal Tracking

identifying goals, visualizing your pathway to achievement, and measuring progress with situational awareness is the key. It doesn’t matter if the context is organizational or personal, it just needs to be understood

Seasonal Growth

It’s quiet this morning, I can hear the clock ticking.  Yesterday the wind chimes were playing a lamenting aria, slow and steady, then loud and frantic amongst the bird chirping and buzz of lawnmowers.  This week has reminded me that balance is a principle taught by nature. For every Yin there is Yang. For every challenge

Internet of Things is an Imminent Tsunami

Internet of Things is an Imminent Tsunami.

Dell, Windows and the Journey Continues

Okay, so the new laptop was a breeze to setup – after suffering through #Microsoft’s evolution of how to install systems software for many years, finally, a nice interface and reasonable wait times.  And #Dell made it especially easy with the way the machine was configured, packaged and shipped.  It arrived promptly and exactly as spec’d,

Events and Lessons Learned

Hi folks.  IES participated in a great event, ICE on the Beach in August at the Virginia Beach oceanfront, culminating in CRYPTO757 and VC757.  It was great, grueling, rewarding, depressing, informative and fun.  The execution of the event was like clockwork – our challenge, attendance.  We had great speakers, an okay venue, and provided food.

BI Thoughts going on hiatus

Hi all, because of my change in focus, I do not have time to properly service the BI Thoughts blog.  I started a new one blog so that you will not be spammed – please follow my new adventures at ICE on the Beach. http://ice757.wordpress.com/  

Communication, Community and Collaboration

It’s the first quiet morning in a long time, I am savoring not having to rush to get out the door.  The birds are chattering outside my window, and I can’t help but wonder what they are talking about.  I can discern distinct conversations back and forth.  Some are patterns, others have more nuance, but