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  • Stop Being An Asshole, Read This Book

    What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Probably the greatest advice came from my debate coach back while I was complaining about never winning the big debates. He noticed that a big reason… Read more

  • There is No Dignity in Handouts

    If you aren’t providing something of value to someone else, the days stretch on indefinitely. You struggle to find motivation to do much. Increasingly, people are asking for greater rewards to do things that matter… Read more

  • It’s Game Theory, All The Way Down

    There’s not really a way to get around the fact that life is ultimately a game, and one that involves cooperation, competition, and more as you try to navigate towards whatever goals you set for… Read more

  • Do Good Work, Build Side-Options

    Side hustles are all the rage. Did you know you can make money in your underwear, scrolling left and right, doing mediocre standup comedy, selling plans, etc. ? If you treat side hustles as your… Read more

  • Let’s Critically Analyze Critical Path

    Another key element to project management is having a critical path, which is essentially a project plan stripped of everything that’s not needed to make a minimum viable product (project). The critical path framework is… Read more

  • Agendas Are Game Changing in Project Management

    It might not be immediately apparent, but probably the highest impact area of PMO is agenda-making. Having poor agendas makes you vulnerable to poor facilitation, leads to swirl, and can make taking notes significantly harder.… Read more

  • Why not speech write?

    One does not become excellent with the written word in a day. I actually struggled to write coherently until I went to college and significantly increased the volume of essays I wrote. In general, I… Read more

  • Return on Coupon

    Couponing is supposedly an effective way of saving money. I say supposedly, because while couponing may save money, the maximum, average, and ROI upside is minimal. There are diminishing returns to couponing in all times… Read more

  • Optimized Subway Sandwiches

    What are your favorite types of foods? I have this habit where I try and optimize the food I eat for whatever goal I have in mind. Sometimes it’s losing weight, sometimes it’s gaining muscle.… Read more

  • CSm thoughts

    As of today, I am now a certified scrum master that means that I am able to facilitate agile meetings and wall. I don’t even really agree with the framework. I think it’s less efficient… Read more

Welcome to my blog!

I’m Isadore. I love critical thinking, rationalism, contradiction, vitriol, ad-hominem, philosophy and all those other things that the kids are into nowadays. I hate sloppy thinking, those who love the Oxford Comma, and humorlessness

Find more about me here.

If you want to hire me to help you implement a large scale IT transformation, help with a PR nightmare, or generally improve your public speaking skills, reach out to me directly at 1isadorejohnson4me@gmail.com.