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The Workplace Stories

The Epic War of Spreadsheets and Servers: CFO vs. CIO (and Me in the Crossfire)

There are moments in life when you question every career choice that brought you to this point. For me, that moment was during the post-ERP

January 12, 2025March 30, 2025
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Buzzword Bingo: My Conversation with Tech Leaders About Transformation, Digitization, and Other Corporate Sorcery

There’s nothing like a meeting with a CIO or CTO to make you feel like you’ve accidentally walked into a buzzword factory. Every sentence feels

January 12, 2025March 30, 2025
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The Workplace Stories

Selling AI Applications: Me, the Cynic, and the Eternal Optimism of Automation

Selling AI/ML-based applications for process automation is a lot like convincing someone to buy an alien spaceship. They’ve heard the hype, they want the magic,

January 12, 2025March 30, 2025
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The Workplace Stories

Dashboard Drama: The Comedy of Delivery Review Meetings

There’s no greater stage for theatrics in an IT project than the Delivery Review Meeting, where dashboards are paraded like peacocks in mating season. Everyone

January 12, 2025March 30, 2025
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Monday Morning Madness: The Weekly Sales Circus

There’s a special kind of torment reserved for Monday morning sales meetings. It’s the corporate version of a school assembly, where nobody wants to be

January 12, 2025March 30, 2025
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The In-Flight Stories

ERP at 30,000 Feet: The Day I Shared Coffee with a Movie Star

There I was, boarding my flight, fully expecting the usual humdrum journey filled with screaming toddlers, passive-aggressive armrest battles, and the joy of overcooked in-flight

January 12, 2025March 30, 2025
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The Workplace Stories

The Training Chronicles: Knowledge Transfer and Comedy Hour

User Training is like teaching a cat to fetch—it requires patience, perseverance, and a good sense of humor. Everyone walks into the sessions with high

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025
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The Workplace Stories

Go-Live Chronicles: A Comedy of Chaos

Ah, Go-Live—the crescendo of every IT project. It’s supposed to be the triumphant conclusion, the moment when everything comes together in perfect harmony. In reality,

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025
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The Steering Committee Saga: From Blissful Optimism to Go-Live Chaos

IT projects are like long road trips—you start off excited and full of plans, but by the time you near the destination, everyone’s grumpy, questioning

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025
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The Chronicles of the Sales MoM: A Comedy in Bullet Points

When the sales team drafts a Minutes of Meeting (MoM) after a prospect meeting, it’s a masterpiece of creative writing. What was supposed to be

January 12, 2025January 12, 2025
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