Trust But Verify – Avoid Business Assumptions
There are multiple lessons to learn from this little debacle of a story. However, trust but verify seems to be the best summation. We have... Read more
Author: Rob Broadhead
Know Who You Work For – Lines Are Not Always Clear
Clarity and communication are common themes in our improvement episodes. Those are most important when you need to know who you work for. Which master... Read more
Admitting Defeat – Moving Forward And Accepting The Loss
In a season about growing from errors and mistakes, it seems that an episode about admitting defeat is required. We cannot stay stationary and make... Read more
Clearly Defined Objectives – It Is A Mistake To Not Ask Questions
This episode of learning from mistakes focuses on clearly defined objectives. The error highlights what can go wrong when we fail to have them. We... Read more
Testing Your Backups – Disaster Recovery Requires Verification
There are a few times I have been taught the value of testing your backups. That is why even disaster recovery needs to be validated.... Read more
Sweeping Consequences – Avoid All In Until You Are Sure
There is an old joke about sweeping consequences in IT related to wildcard commands like “rm -rf *.” However, there are ways to avoid getting... Read more