Category Archives: leadership

Winning is a habit

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Don Ardonio

Caught a few pieces of this on ESPN. I couldn’t have agreed more. This is speech is one of the most motivating things I’ve heard in a long while. Watch the clip: And here’s the full speech Winning is not … Continue reading →

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On motivation of teams

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Don Ardonio

One of the things I enjoy most in my professional life is the challenge that comes with building and guiding a team. In this post I’d like to offer an opinion on 3 factors that have a tremendous effect on … Continue reading →

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The open source question

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Don Ardonio

I’m tired. Tired of hearing yet another big bozo speech about how we will move to open source and how that will magically reduce our costs and make our software better. Gentlemen (and those few ladies who end up reading … Continue reading →

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motivation

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Don Ardonio

After a conversation with one of the suits in the office, I got an email late at night that same day… To our conversation of this morning… Kennedy’s challenge was to land a man on the moon and return him … Continue reading →

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