October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so Let’s Talk About Clicking Links.

Last week, this quick conversation happened in my house:“Babe, did you send me a link on Messenger?”“Yep, go ahead.”“Cool, thanks.” There was an ease to it, because we were in the same house, just a room away from each other, my husband working on his computer and me working on mine. He doesn’t send linksContinue reading “October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so Let’s Talk About Clicking Links.”

On school (non)-openings, women in the workplace, and change communications. (We can help!)

It’s been a hard week for school administrators. In Fairfax County alone, we went from giving families a choice of sending kids back to school 2 times per week or keeping them home for the year for 100% online learning, to no choice at all, with home-based learning for everyone. Nearby counties followed suit. ConsideringContinue reading “On school (non)-openings, women in the workplace, and change communications. (We can help!)”

A problem of clarity and scientists versus journalists, or, why the world needs scientific journalists

We have a problem today. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that asymptomatic people very rarely transmit the coronavirus, and mask-haters rejoiced. Less than a day later, they seemed to retract their announcement, or change it, or … well what is it that happened? It appears that Maria Van Kerkhove of the WHO did announceContinue reading “A problem of clarity and scientists versus journalists, or, why the world needs scientific journalists”

What have you done to adapt?

Late last week, a friend of mine posted to Facebook asking if there were any hair stylists out there who would be willing to coach her, for payment, through cutting her son’s hair. The responses from hair stylists ranged from “so you’ll take our livlihoods away forever” to “please stop–we have lost everything.” I don’tContinue reading “What have you done to adapt?”

Is your cybersecurity posture ready for the quarantine?

Just about a year ago, I was working for another company–one that had managed to both stay open and pay its employees during the government shutdown of 2018. During that time, we saw many government contractors that had it much worse and that went out of business or had to lay off staff in orderContinue reading “Is your cybersecurity posture ready for the quarantine?”

On planning, journaling, and getting stuff done

It seems everyone has a method of planning their business these days. In my life I have had more planners than I’ve had professional years, and most of them are completely empty beyond March. They are complicated. They are overwhelming. Someone whom I trust and who is a really successful entrepreneur recommended a set ofContinue reading “On planning, journaling, and getting stuff done”