Smartere Tech Podcast
I love podcasts. I listen to so many that I look forward to long road trips so I can catch up on my backlog. However, I have never been on one… until now!
Entries by Mike
The Checklist Manifesto
Recently I have been talking to many struggling teachers and education professionals. Rightfully so, pandemic teaching is a beast! I was overwhelmed with teaching long before the pandemic; a book saved my career. The Checklist Manifesto by @Atul_Gawande Read it, seriously. — Mike Burke (@hearmikeburke) May 9, 2022
Project Planning Grid
Because of some structural changes at my work, my team was moved to a different department. This new department is full of subject matter experts who are very good at their technical work; however, they do not have much skill in transferring this knowledge to others. Enter my team! This week I had to work […]
The Meeting Gauntlet
Surprisingly, no one I have ever worked with has canceled a meeting unless there was a significant attendance issue. Meetings have inertia that people seem afraid to impede as if the default position of the working universe is to have meetings. I argue that the opposite is true.
Learn OmniFocus Session
Spear phishing is when you get a researched, prepared, and targeted email specifically crafted to fool you, the addressee. This is not a Nigerian prince type email; this is a focused attack by an artist. Receiving one is a bad sign. It means a bad person has taken significant time out of multiple days to […]