Last Christmas, we jumped on the virtual reality bandwagon. With its self-contained VR unit, the Oculus Quest broke through our barriers to entry, no PC or complicated room setup required. And, once we entered COVID lockdown in March, we were high fiving ourselves for the foresight to get one before they were no longer available. […]
Last week I had the pleasure of co-presenting a career planning session at VMworld, How to Get There from Here: Taking Ownership of Your Future [ETPD1464]. Having a professional development track at VMworld this year was a great addition. Based on some of our Twitter feedback, attendees enjoyed the opportunity to work not just on […]
If you read my About Me, you’ll know that I’m currently a Pre-Sales leader at VMware. Next week, VMware is hosting its biggest annual customer event, VMworld. I’ve been to numerous VMworlds over the years but, this year, VMworld will be a very different experience for both me and our customers. Due to COVID-19, VMworld, […]
When I last found the time to write on here, I was enthusiastically discussing how to make yourself brighter & shinier over Zoom calls with the help of some good lighting. I look back and see and myself excited about the idea of working from home more often, smiling, with a recent haircut. Well, after […]
In my last post, I discussed etiquette you should consider when participating in remote meetings. There are a number of tactics you can leverage to keep people engaged and included, even when remote. Chief among those recommendations was turning on your video. We use Zoom which has excellent video capabilities. Most other top conferencing platforms […]
With the rapid spread of the coronavirus, many organizations, including my own, are encouraging people to work from home as much as possible. The less we’re all gathering around in offices, the less likely we are to spread infection. For me, this isn’t a drastic change. I’ve always had the flexibility to work remotely when […]
Did you make a New Year’s resolution to read more books? After all the diet and exercise goals it’s one of the most common. I start every year with an ambition to read a certain number of books and of all the resolutions I might make, it’s the one I’m most likely to be successful […]
Recently, I found myself in the same room with some of my European colleagues watching a global all-hands call. The call was led by some of our American leadership team and I was struck by the number of times my European colleagues asked me to translate something. They speak and understand English. It made me […]
In my first job out of college, as an intern, I had an office with four walls and a door. Lowest person on the totem pole, yet I still had a door I could close. I went to the office every day to do my work because that’s where work happened. There was no laptop […]
Back in the day when I was a stay at home mum, part-time photographer, and web design consultant, I spent a lot of time blogging. It was a way for me to keep exercising my creative muscles and, as a side effect, keep my transatlantic family up to date with my son’s infant and toddler […]