In this very open, transparent episode I'm joined by business scale up expert, Nick Bradley, to talk about mindset. "If you're grateful for what you have,even if its tiny, then you're winning."Nick Bradley We share some of our personal struggles and how we deal with things like 'victim mindset' to take control of our lives … Continue reading #58 – Staying positive & focused through dark times
#57 – Remote Working: Staying Focused
A change of environment can be super distracting. For me, it can be as little as how much, or little, sleep I’m getting, or whether I’m maintaining a responsible, or irresponsible, level of caffeine intake. Don’t waste time being envious of those laser-focused, seemingly robotic colleagues because focus is learnable. After a decade of constant … Continue reading #57 – Remote Working: Staying Focused
#56 – What a toddler taught me about quarantine
How do I tell a one year old we can’t go to the playground? "Why can't we go outside, Dad?!" He's got an excellent vocabulary for his age – he can ask for food, milk, tell me when there's a crime scene in his pants – but we haven't mastered baby sign language for “the … Continue reading #56 – What a toddler taught me about quarantine
#55 – Remote Working: #StayCarm
In these troublesome times its super important we all look out for each other and #StayCarm Please watch and share this important Public Service Announcement for the good of the nathan nation. https://youtu.be/fBDICMLAdYY
#54 – Remote Working: Frame Your Day
For those used to commuting you may not have realized how much that commute was helping you frame your day and maintain a healthy separation between work and personal life. In addition to enforcing a healthy separation, traveling to work also allows for transition into the right mindset to be effective the moment you reach … Continue reading #54 – Remote Working: Frame Your Day
#53 – Remote Working: Practice Empathy
The enforcement of social distancing doesn't require emotional distancing. In this first episode after the relaunch of REDtalks.live I'm kicking off a 'remote working' mini series with the topic of practicing empathy. In testing times we need to double-down on patience and empathy if we want to get through this without losing our minds, and … Continue reading #53 – Remote Working: Practice Empathy
#52 – REDtalks.live 2020 REBOOT
It's been truly humbling to hear all the positive encouragement when I shared that I was considering a relaunch of the REDtalks.live show. Thank you! I'm really excited about this 2020 REBOOT and, with the Shelter at home orders, I've decided to start out with a mini series on working from home. Many people have … Continue reading #52 – REDtalks.live 2020 REBOOT
REDtalks.live #51 – Raising $US80M in 1 day on Serverless
Huge Charity running on Serverless for 1 MASSIVE nights donations.
REDtalks.live #50 – Serverless Observability w/ IOpipe
Episode #50. Wooohooo! And for this landmark 50th episode we're delighted to have super-popular Serverless observability company, IOpipe, on the show. In this episode (video below) I'm joined by IOpipe founder and CTO, Erica Windisch. "Unless you set your concurrency for the lambda to '1', right, which you could do [LAUGHS], you're opting into building … Continue reading REDtalks.live #50 – Serverless Observability w/ IOpipe
REDtalks.live #49 – Imperative vs Declarative APIs /w Kin Lane
My good pal, Kin Lane, is back on the show for his third appearance to discuss the much debated topic of Imperative vs Declarative APIs. Key discussion points on this topic: One is not necessarily better than the other. One persons declarative is another persons imperative, so think about the 'system' of orchestration, and not … Continue reading REDtalks.live #49 – Imperative vs Declarative APIs /w Kin Lane