The Productive Delay
My flight is delayed. I'm in the Plaza Premium Lounge at Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Terminal 2, corner window seat, claimed the moment I walked in. Windrose is blasting in my ears: "Diggy Diggy Hole," if you're curious. There's a gin and tonic on the armrest. Through the floor-to-ceiling glass, an Eva Air A330 in full Sanrio livery sits directly in front of me, pastels and cartoon characters in the equatorial light. The Hello Kitty section is hidden behind a jetway. Beside me, a DHL Air Hong Kong A330, its tail an almost absurd yellow.
I've been in the Philippines for three weeks, and the wifi has been, without exaggeration, the worst I've encountered in recent memory.
Staying Hands-On: Keeping Your Technical Edge in Leadership
I have spent enough time in leadership to know the standard story.
In that version, you start technical. You move into management. You become strategic. If all goes well, you eventually stop touching the technical work except at a safe rhetorical distance. Your value is supposed to migrate upward into vision, people, budgets, and influence.
I understand why that story exists. At some level it is true. An executive who insists on writing production code to prove relevance is usually solving the wrong problem.
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PlotThing - Story Management and Writing Tool
PlotThing is a comprehensive story management and writing application I'm building. It provides writers with tools to organize their creative work and export directly to publishing formats.
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