HOW TO CREATE JOBS! {Preamble}
Hi friends, I’m working on a series of posts that I’m going to tentatively title: How to Create Jobs. It’s a 3-part post that will be published next Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Post #1: The current landscape in America (or anywhere in the modern world, really) I’m going to do a cursory dive into what […]
What little I know about Leadership…
This is all I know about leadership 1.) Leadership has a sense of gravity to it. If you think of Leadership as an element, think of it as one of the denser elements like Tungsten or Gold (or Osmium!). If placed at the top of an organization leadership will flow downward throughout the company. If it’s […]
Are we lucky?
I had a great conversation with a fellow competitor the other day. Yes, competitors from EVERY industry talk to each other. In the digital dev world, today’s competitor might be tomorrow’s partner, depending on the project. He and I were talking about how much work there was, how our companies were just expanding, and how […]
I love my clients
I really, really love my clients at the company. I mean, in the past I’ve worked at companies where it’s usually an “us vs them” mentality – management vs employees, company vs clients, you vs all. But that’s not how I feel these days about my clients. For whatever reason, it doesn’t matter what industry […]
Keep Calm and DOM & TOM
When you’re dealing with the day-to-day crises, it’s hard to figure out if there’s a fundamental problem with the company, or if this is the rocky process of a high-growth company. My company’s grown 300% in the last year (doesn’t that sound WONDERFUL?!) alone. This year we’re trending towards another 100%, by some metrics. It’s […]
The Blame’s on Me (the Blame’s on You)
People in positions of power are afflicted with a severe problem: they don’t get yelled at often enough. Very rarely will they hear how they’re failing; how they can do better; or anything how their choices impact negatively/positively. We as leaders need to be empathetic, willing and eager to hear what our colleagues have to […]
It’s time to Party
We’re planning a few parties at D&T. And there’s a good reason: every so often you have to celebrate your wins. I think Steve Jobs said that (one of the few quotes I’ll use from the man…) It take a lot of energy to win anything. So many companies that are scrappy just keep their […]
There are no detours in Life
After graduating college (age 21) I worked the following jobs: Film Projection specialist at a movie theater Television writer at a children’s show Theater producer Art/Gymnastics teacher Bartender Collections agent Administrative assistant It took me seven (7) career changes to get to what I wanted to do, which I didn’t figure out until I was […]
D&T DAY!
Happy DOM & TOM day! DOM & TOM day is a company-recognized holiday for everyone at D&T to take a 3-day weekend in April. Because, April’s AWESOME and everyone should go out and enjoy this springtime No update for today – hope you celebrate this beautiful day! booyah!
You don’t need a good reason…
My friend Rich has a great story to share: He wanted an 8 pack set of abs, so he started the Paleolithic diet. The End. Bam – that’s it. That’s his reason. Eat better, live better, for better abs. I love this story tremendously. See, in the story he feels embarrassed that he’s doing all […]