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April 28, 2020

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 […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Change Management, Confidence, ESLC, Persistence, Security Leadership, Stakeholder Credibility, Stakeholder Relationships

April 27, 2020

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 […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, ESLC, Security Leadership, Security Requirements, Security Value, Stakeholder Engagement

April 26, 2020

Calibrating your cloning machine

When you learn something new, there’s two main problems you need to solve. The first, obviously, is how to put what you’ve learned into practice. This can take many forms. You can take a reference – like a book, a video, your notes, photos or even just what you remember –and you can make the […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / ESLC, Leadership, SABSA, Security Leadership, Security Skill Transfer, Staffing

April 25, 2020

Do you really need another armchair quarterback?

When I was a kid, one of the few times my dad and I would actually sit together and watch TV was on Mondays during the American Football season. Neither of us were what I’d call even avid fans, but do I remember that the NFL season and harvest season in IL were more-or-less aligned, […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Effective Security, ESLC, Security Leadership, Trusted Advisor

April 24, 2020

Taking your job a little too seriously

This morning was shopping day since I really didn’t want to fight the lockdown surge that might materialize at the weekend…although I’m not sure why I think it’s going to be different since a good portion of the fellow would-be shoppers in Constantia seem to be sipping wine in their bathrobes from at least 11am, […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Archistry Daily / Agile Security, Effective Security, ESLC, Priorities, Security Leadership

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