Latest Tech Leader Pro blog and podcast entries


Choose your mentors wisely

Some thoughts on how you can choose a good mentor to help you to succeed in life.

2023-09-18 16:37:00
Tech Leader Pro podcast 2023 week 37, engineers doing sales

Sometimes software engineers need to do sales, so we might as well get good at it.

2023-09-15 14:09:17
Leaders lose the right to avoid conflict

For a leader, conflict should be met head-on and not avoided.

2023-09-12 13:55:25
Subscriber reply spamming on X is the new SEO

SEO-style posts are appearing online that advise X users on how to game the algorithm there.

2023-09-11 16:40:24
Tech Leader Pro podcast 2023 week 36, content promotion on X versus Hacker News

I done a cross-post of one of my blog entries on X and Hacker News this week, and got significantly better results from Hacker News.

2023-09-08 13:52:05
Business leadership requires unpopular decisions

In business, to be a successful leader often requires unpopular decisions.

2023-09-04 15:59:34
Tech Leader Pro podcast 2023 week 35, gaming group dynamics

Once one understands the dynamics of a group, they can influence it from inside or outside of that group. This podcast explores those approaches.

2023-09-01 13:12:46
Beware of group dynamics

Once you understand the dynamics of any group, you can game it.

2023-08-29 16:01:16
Tech Leader Pro podcast 2023 week 34, online confirmation bias

The internet is now the industrial group-think complex. No matter how outlandish someone's beliefs are, group support is available online.

2023-08-25 13:50:54
Pay compliments

Paying compliments is low effort/high return.

2023-08-24 10:26:19
Tech Leader Pro podcast 2023 week 33, The subtle art of power plays

You will often have to operate in a hostile environment, and employ a reasonable degree of hostility to survive. In this podcast, I will discuss the darker power plays that you may employ sparingly.

2023-08-18 18:31:46
Tech Leader Pro podcast 2023 week 32, my thoughts on the Tesla battery range lawsuit

Tesla are being hit with another lawsuit, this time about their claimed battery range of their cars. The reality is these are range estimates not guarantees, and are based on optimal conditions.

2023-08-11 20:19:15
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