It’s Been a Good Week

It’s a privilege to be granted authority in another person’s company.

Light Through Clouds by kjudy using Ript

It’s easy to criticize. It’s hard to raise capital and make payroll.

I have never been an entrepreneur. My passion is to build teams. To be of service. To make things better.

I’m that second generation that feeds off founding vision and hopes to sustain an organization.

This has been a good week.

  • We achieved our first business objective on our standard bearing product initiative, Ript™.
  • My CEO is championing agile values in my division’s executive team – accountability to specific commitments within a time box.
  • Managers in a peer group recognize the potential of self-directed, cross-functional teams and are interested in introducing the first scrum outside my department.

I am a cautious optimist. Success is far from inevitable. Actually, all this represents is an opportunity to start the really hard work.

Still some moments, especially ones years in the making, need to be savored.

My Neighborhood

My Neighborhood by Kjudy using Ript

Six years ago, I came to love my adopted Brooklyn neighborhood through the day to day experiences of my child.

The “men on the corner who blow fire”, the “pig dog”, grocers bearing candy, the diner, and the playground devoid of shade.

Our neighborhood is upscaling rapidly. Something that has improved our lifestyle and ensured we will not live here much longer.

Monday, WNYC had a panel on whether an urban middle class is still possible in the 21st century.

I can’t help but feel my life is a kind of hothouse flower.