Jeff Beaumont

Make haste slowly.

Masters of Scale recently interviewed Ariana Huffington. It was a fantastic episode. Ariana made a statement about bad hiring: I can trace back all my hiring mistakes to being tired, which has the impact not just of impairing your cognitive abilities to make the right decisions but also subconsciously of making you want to say,ContinueContinue reading “Make haste slowly.”

Opportunities In The Unexpected

Summer 2017 I read this article by Michael Hyatt entitled 7 Things to Ask When Bad Things Happen. It is a terrific article, and at that time I had the thought, “man, glad everything is going well and I don’t have to use it.” The very next day, one of my managers turned in hisContinueContinue reading “Opportunities In The Unexpected”

Increasing The Efficiency of Your Not-for-profit

This blog post is a bit different than my typical SaaS, Leadership, and technology topics. I’ll continue writing on those topics but I have a heart for non-profits and the work they do. If you’re working with a non-profit and I’d be honored to hear your story and what they’re all about. Recently I assistedContinueContinue reading “Increasing The Efficiency of Your Not-for-profit”

Disappearing Jobs

I was at a kid’s birthday party a few months ago and was reading this Tweet (note: it’s a better idea to spend time with other adults at the party instead of on your phone): https://twitter.com/brentbeshore/status/1005514676669542400?s=12 “We’ve looked at around 300 construction-related companies this year and every one of them says the biggest challenge, byContinueContinue reading “Disappearing Jobs”

Where is The Future Going, Anyway?

The Harvard Business Review wrote an article a couple years back titled, The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence. It’s a fascinating piece. Digest it slowly and over several cups of coffee/beer/wine/La Croix/whatever. Changes afoot caused by machine intelligence: Cost of goods and services that rely on prediction will continue to decline. Cheap is good, right? Well,ContinueContinue reading “Where is The Future Going, Anyway?”