While navigating your IT career, you will come across nepotism. We talk through what nepotism is and how to handle situations such as the Circle of Friends hiring practices C-Suite folks typically do.

Welcome back to our sixth season. We're trying to make this valuable to our listeners. Let's see how this goes.

Trump's War is upon us!

Don't be the puppets they expect you to be.

The journey continues as I discuss my feelings around the exam and what happened the day I took the test. This is some real heartfelt information here and I don't mince words. Everyone has their own opinions on this exam and certifications in general. I have a love/hate relationship with certifications and I go into my feeling about them.

I am getting tired of the whole, LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT I DID! movement. I get it, you want to enact change, but you haven't said anything that would indicate you know what you want to do.

I know you've heard me about my decision NOT to go into the Information Risk route, so why the change? To be honest, I need to stay relevant somehow in the ever changing landscape of technology. You've heard about organizational change and the like, so I need to ensure I stay relevant. I'm giving you some resources for preparing for this certification exam. Won't you join me on this journey?

Fantasy Football is the talk of many sports aficionados and I talk a bit about my experience with it and how much I SUCK at it. I'm back getting into a normal cadence of doing these shows again, so enjoy.

Leadership is about making decisions, big and small, yet somehow people forget what it means to be an effective leader. We had a major incident recently that prevented me from recording new episodes and this was my first recording since I came back from vacation. I give a glimpse into what happened and my thoughts around the things that I observed and my two cents. I'm not playing arm-chair CIO here, I'm giving you my true feelings on what happened.

The Apple Event of September! New products are announced and I go through some of my thoughts on what has been released. Check out the event on apple.com to see what's new. Stay tuned for the end where I jump back in to discuss my thoughts on the new iPhone 11 PRO!

I pulled this one up from last season because I'm dealing with a huge outage that many won't see in their lifetime; well hopefully not. High severity incidents, those where multiple systems are unavailable, will make or break you and your career. It's how you act during these incidents where you can either shine or sink deeper into the void. I provide you some insights into a recent high severity incident.