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After a dozen years leading video game development projects in a variety of roles, I decided to pursue a Master of Data Science at the University of British Columbia. Studying data science doesn’t mean I’m moving away from leading people. Growing data science teams need collaborative, pragmatic, Agile leadership to connect data to all areas of the business. I would like to share that point of view, along with my experiences, on this blog.

Things I Swear I Will Never Do To Someone Else

September 7, 2010

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Back in 1999, when I started my new job with my customer in California, I took a couple of hours and wrote a list of everything I learned while I was on the supplier side of the desk so I wouldn’t forget now that I was on the customer side.  The list had both the […]

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Hello world!

July 23, 2010

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Welcome to Sockets and Lightbulbs – a blog discussing ideas about process, leadership and management in fast-paced, high-change environments.  I am currently a senior director in the video game development industry, which I like to compare to a big, gangling teenager after a major growth spurt:  we have long arms and legs, but we are […]

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