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10 Self Publishing Lessons

My children and I started a new children’s book series! https://meanseriesbooks.com We want to share exciting and funny stories about “mean” teachers at school. My 13-year-old son, Shazeb, came up with the stories, and my 10-year-old daughter, Samia, illustrated all the pages. I helped put the books together and self-published them using Amazon KDP. OurContinue reading “10 Self Publishing Lessons”

[PMIWDC Symposium] Strategic and Adaptive Thinking

Innovation and disruption are happening both on a global scale and a personal level. How do we think and stay ahead? I discussed how we can apply strategic and adaptive thinking to innovate ourselves. In this talk, I covered: Date & Time: September 22, 2021 at 10:30 am – 11:15 am EST Location: Project ManagementContinue reading “[PMIWDC Symposium] Strategic and Adaptive Thinking”

[WiCyS] The New Threat Landscape in a Post Pandemic World

Pandemic has changed our lives in many ways. The Cyber Security world is no exception. In our panel discussion, we talked about the changes in the threat landscape in a post-pandemic world and how we can fight against it. Date & Time: September 10, 2021 at 12 pm – 12:45 pm MDT Location: WiCyS 2021Continue reading “[WiCyS] The New Threat Landscape in a Post Pandemic World”

[PMIWDC Sunrise Valley] Strategic and Adaptive Thinking

Innovation and disruption are happening on both a global scale and a personal level. How do we think and stay ahead? I discussed how we can apply strategic and adaptive thinking to increase the chances of positively altering our future. In this talk, I covered: What is strategic thinking? What is adaptive thinking? How doContinue reading “[PMIWDC Sunrise Valley] Strategic and Adaptive Thinking”

Being Device Free for Two Weeks Changed the Way I Manage Time

If someone asked me a year ago, “Could you go device free for a couple of days?” I would have said, “No way.” But that is exactly what I did last year for two weeks during the winter holidays. My husband’s family lives abroad, and we decided it would be great to have a family reunion soContinue reading “Being Device Free for Two Weeks Changed the Way I Manage Time”

Want to Build a Highly Collaborative Team?

There is a saying in Agile: if you do one thing, do retrospectives. I believe that not only do you have to run successful retrospectives, you must also follow through on actions. Otherwise, retrospectives just become another meeting, and they stop providing value. Some actions are straightforward and can be easily taken care of byContinue reading “Want to Build a Highly Collaborative Team?”

[Power To Fly] Building Credibility and Launching Initiatives

As an Asian American woman in Research and Engineering, I know it can be both exciting and challenging to navigate the corporate workplace. I have had the pleasure of working with many amazing leaders and I have learned a lot from them. I experimented with a lot of different techniques and regularly reflected on myself.Continue reading “[Power To Fly] Building Credibility and Launching Initiatives”

Are we on target to achieve our strategic initiatives?

What do you do when you’re in a meeting and the Chief Product Officer asks, “Are we on target to achieve our strategic initiatives?” Do you flip through your mental notes? Do you quickly message your team over Slack or email? Do you request some time to get back with an update? Wouldn’t it beContinue reading “Are we on target to achieve our strategic initiatives?”