From startup walks to Techwalk
Walking meetings. I started doing these about 15 years ago at a tech startup. Organizing lunchtime walks around our office complex as a way to escape our desks and grab some fresh air. I hadn't given them much thought since then, until recently.
Stop sending word Docs. Use a form.
You just heard about a fabulous event. You’re thrilled when the host emails you to gather some information. And then you see they’ve attached… a Word doc. With questions, and underlined areas to fill in the answers. You start typing and the formatting immediately falls apart. If you’re on your phone, forget it, you won’t be completing anything until you can sit down at a computer. In a parking lot? Good luck.
AI won’t fix your knowledge management program
Most organizations invest in tools, systems, and documentation, and still watch knowledge walk out the door. The missing ingredient isn't a better platform or AI. It's conversation.
1,500 NYC Tech Week events and this one stood out
New York City Tech Week concluded last week. Boston’s Tech Week was last month and San Francisco and LA will host theirs in October. There were more than 1,500 events in NYC to choose from, with topics on AI, B2B, SaaS, HealthTech, FinTech, GTM, and more for engineers, founders, investors, students, and anyone interested in or working in tech. As you can imagine it was challenging to narrow down which events that myself and 40,000 (!) other attendees wanted to do.