http://devinetics.com Thoughts on Leadership, Management, and Career Growth in Silicon Valley Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:07:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://devinetics.com/2010/01/30/burnout-things-are-just-going-wrong/ http://devinetics.com/2010/01/30/burnout-things-are-just-going-wrong/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:04:24 +0000 Devin http://devinetics.com/?p=167 Burnout is rough. You know that feeling when you’re sitting on the couch in the evening and dread going to work in the morning. Or the Saturday that you tell yourself that the weekend is almost over and you’re that much closer to having to go to work. You’re burned out and need . . . → Read More: Burnout: Things are Just Going Wrong]]> http://devinetics.com/2010/01/30/burnout-things-are-just-going-wrong/feed/ 1 http://devinetics.com/2009/03/19/managing-in-an-environment-of-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-fud/ http://devinetics.com/2009/03/19/managing-in-an-environment-of-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-fud/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:14:03 +0000 Devin http://devinetics.com/?p=62 It’s the spring of 2009 and the economy is in the dumper. The average American family’s wealth has dropped by 18% and California’s unemployment rate has topped 10%. Just about everyone in Silicon Valley knows someone who has been laid off from, what were once, promising economic high flying companies and employees are feeling . . . → Read More: Managing in an Environment of Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD)]]> http://devinetics.com/2009/03/19/managing-in-an-environment-of-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-fud/feed/ 1 http://devinetics.com/2008/03/25/living-in-a-%e2%80%9cfear-uncertainty-and-doubt%e2%80%9d-culture/ http://devinetics.com/2008/03/25/living-in-a-%e2%80%9cfear-uncertainty-and-doubt%e2%80%9d-culture/#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:28:27 +0000 Devin http://devinetics.com/?p=24 Anyone working in a large company recognizes that cultural frictions occur between organizations. Symptoms of organizational friction can be regular escalations and rumors that create “fear, uncertainty, and doubt”. These symptoms all have common causes: conflicting measurements, different values, or unclear deliverables. Unless values, measurements, and deliverables are aligned, conflict will become . . . → Read More: Living In a “Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt” Culture]]> http://devinetics.com/2008/03/25/living-in-a-%e2%80%9cfear-uncertainty-and-doubt%e2%80%9d-culture/feed/ 3