Wanna find a blueprint for a truly effective cybersecurity team? You could do a lot worse than watching the original Avengers movie a few (dozen) times. Over the weekend, my kids (5 and 3) were on a bit of superhero kick, and I realized again how brilliant the first Avengers movie was—not just in the […]
There are no style points in a crisis
That was just some of the advice from Jeff Immelt, former Chief Executive and Chairman of GE following Jack Welch. And if one word could define a good portion of his tenure at the helm, it would be crisis. So it was very interesting to hear his perspectives on leading through crisis on a WOBI […]
How to avoid getting sucked back into the tornado
I know it’s different everywhere in the world, so you either might not quite be there yet, or you might’ve already see this particular milestone getting smaller in your rear-view mirror. For us, we’re now halfway through week 4 of self-isolation-cum-lockdown, and I can tell you that the hyperactivity, boredom and general misbehavior on the […]
It was a spectacular failure
It doesn’t happen that often, but it did last night. I created a complete culinary disaster for dinner when I made my 2nd-ever attempt at making Phad Thai. After over two weeks of no takeaway being available due to #lockdownSA, we’d gotten into kinda a rut of what we were eating. One of the things […]
Feeding your security customers
This morning, my wife shared with me some COVID humor she saw either on one of her “mom” groups or social media. I’m sure there’s more than a few of us who’ve been on lockdown for a while who can relate: WIFE: “What would you like for dinner?” HUSBAND: “What are the options?” WIFE: “The […]
