Chris Hammond

Build better processes, never stop optimizing. We moved in April, but we were due for a furniture shuffle. In our house, we consistently arrange, organize, label, shuffle and sort the things around us to continually shave down time and remove steps to common tasks. Not to invoke Marie Kondo, but…

It can be done quick, cheap, or well — but never all three. This is wisdom I learned early on in the event world. When the show LITERALLY has to go on, at THIS time — there’s no wiggle room. There’s no “Ah well, I think we can push that…

“Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast.” This phrase started as a mantra from Navy SEALs performing delicate operations. I remember the first time I heard it, I was a teenager learning to solder and tinker with electronics. My neighbor’s Dad patiently trying to explain why it wasn’t working for…

One of the things about working in a project based role, is you build up a lot of retrospectives. Metrics and milestones to look back on, how you’ve improved, what’s worked, what doesn’t, the whole deal. But like any pursuit, you start to compare to other milestones. How much further…

Doctors make poor patients. We often excel at seeing how others can improve, “Oh, well if you did this first, changed up your routine, you would save a ton of time!” But struggle to turn that inspection inwards. The logical voice of reason at every meeting, may struggle with the…

I have been meeting with a ton of folks lately and hearing stories from others in the IT world. Beyond the usual bingo card of popular terms like AI or Cloud, a consistent theme has been heard throughout: Operational Efficiency. Which as a guy who worked his way up (a…

Layoffs continue to be the “answer” for “underperforming” tech companies. There’s a cool tracker that Roger Lee put together: https://layoffs.fyi/ Intel announced layoffs recently, to the tune of 15,000 employees by end of year. Dell is all but confirmed to plan a reduction of its sales force by 10% (another…