Not all stakeholders speak the same language

Hey You ever talk to a stakeholder, explain something clearly, logically, in detail…And still get blank stares?Or worse, they nod, say “looks good”, and then never follow through?It’s easy to think you're the problem. That you're bad at communicating...

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May 24, 2025
Everything’s on fire. Again

Hey You ever open Slack at 9:12am and find this message:“Hey. Do you have a minute? This is kind of urgent.”You haven’t even had coffee.Your backlog is full.And whatever this is, it’s about to hijack your whole day.So what do you do?If you’re like I...

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May 23, 2025
They asked for a dashboard. They needed something else.

Hey You ever get one of those drive-by requests?“Can you build me a dashboard that shows X?”No context. No goal. Just... X. Whatever that is.Here’s the real problem. It’s not that the request is bad.It’s that it’s probably disconnected from what they...

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May 22, 2025
They asked for a dashboard. they needed something else.

Hey You ever get one of those drive-by requests?“Can you build me a dashboard that shows X?”No context. No goal. Just... X. Whatever that is.Here’s the real problem. It’s not that the request is bad.It’s that it’s probably disconnected from what they...

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May 21, 2025
You did your job. So why are they ignoring you?

Hey Have you ever worked hard on something that actually made things better, only to watch people ignore it completely?You cut latency. Reduced costs. Increased reliability. The system runs smoother than ever. You cleaned up a mess that had been caus...

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May 20, 2025