33 Tangents is a podcast that covers a wide range of topics from digital analytics to business and technology to remote work.
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Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
With many engagements, the focus is a document. Questions like “What is the status of the document?” and “When will the documentation be delivered?” are often asked. The document is viewed as the deliverable when in actuality, the document is not the deliverable.
The solution conveyed in the document and the process to identify and design the solution are the deliverables. This is a key difference, but something so many miss. Why is that the case? Why is the document the focus and not the solution and path taken to get to the solution?
This week Jim and Jason discuss the difference between taking a client on a journey that provides value vs completing and shipping documents.
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Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
In a recent episode, Jim and Jason talked with Dan Roden about building a culture of trust. This week Jim, Jason, and Bryant talk about another business taboo, being personal. There is a common belief that business needs to be formal, cold, and boring. Anything going on with a person outside of work should be kept there What does it mean to make business personal? Are there benefits can be seen? Why do people shy away from it?
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Friday Sep 13, 2019
Friday Sep 13, 2019
We’ve all seen this, heck it may have even been us at times in our career. You have a really smart person who is amazing at their job. They are promoted into a leadership position and they fall flat on their face. They are inept as a manager and the respect they had gained previously is lost. What can be done for these types of people? What do you do if you are one of these types of people. This week Jenn, Jim, and Jason dissect this subject and their experiences with it.
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Friday Sep 06, 2019
Friday Sep 06, 2019
As a consultant, you may feel the need to have to jump at every opportunity that comes your way. What could go wrong with more work and keeping busy? This week, Jim and Jason sit down with Stephen Marshall from East Tennessee State University to discuss why you might not want to go after every opportunity that comes your way.
Mentioned during the episode: So Good They Can’t Ignore You
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Friday Aug 30, 2019
Friday Aug 30, 2019
This episode originally aired on May 24th, 2019.
Jason and Jim are joined by friends of the show and past guests Evan LaPointe and Randy Zwitch. What started as a comment on twitter lead to this conversation about new age-y business stuff; the trends in business that often turn out to be fads.
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Friday Aug 23, 2019
Friday Aug 23, 2019
The business world is often thought of as cold and calculating. The only purpose employees serve is to make widgets and check items off a list. When push comes to shove, employees are cut loose when finances are tight. Employees are scared to reach out and ask for help for fear of being seen as weak, thought of as less, and someone else taking their job.
There are those that are trying to change it. More and more are talking about building a culture of trust within their business or organization. The key things with a trust culture is the ability to be honest and vulnerable in order to make yourself, your team, and your org better. Dan Roden is one of those people and he joins Jim and Jason this week talk about what trust culture means and how to go about building one.
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Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Below is a recent LinkedIn Post from Jason:
I see a pretty consistent lack of transparency and honesty in business. Perhaps it's because i'm exposed to it more on the sales side, where there is a lot of hidden meaning to the words being used, but it does seem to permeate all levels of corporate. It's like we have been groomed to be more agreeable rather than to be openly honest in certain situations. Examples: I hope we can work together again --> Bye Sorry, we are really busy right now --> No This could lead to a lot more work in the future --> Can you do some free work for us? Wouldn't it just be much cleaner and easier, and lead to more meaningful relationships, to say what we mean?
On this week’s episode Jim and Jason are joined by new rotating panelist Bryant Hoopes to discuss this. Is the lack of transparency a by-product of people trying to be polite or is there something more devious to it?
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Friday Aug 09, 2019
Friday Aug 09, 2019
In previous episode and through social media posts, we’ve made no secret of how we are proponents of working remotely. With anything, however, there are pros and there are cons. We’ve had previous episodes where we’ve talked about the benefits of working remotely and how to do it successfully. This week Jim, Jenn and Jason talk about the cons of working remotely.
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Friday Aug 02, 2019
Friday Aug 02, 2019
In previous episodes we’ve talked about how the average tenure in the digital analytics space is 18 months. That means as a hiring manager, you’re bound to have times when an employee decides to move on and your reaction to it makes all the difference. This week, Jason, Hila, and Jim talk about the types of reactions we’ve gotten when they’ve given notice we’re leaving a position as well as how they’ve handled things when some has moved one.
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Friday Jul 26, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
As we’re now in summer, many American workers taking vacations to spend time with family and friends. There will be just as many who won’t be taking any vacation. Research published last year by Kimble Applications (https://www.kimbleapps.com/2018/05/no-vacation-nation-infographic/) showed that 47% of those surveyed did not take vacation and 21% left 5 or more vacation days on the table. The research also showed that this trend is strongest with younger workers. Why aren’t Americans taking vacation? Why are people expected to check in while on vacation? Why is this seen as ok?
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