I finally got to see Melbourne Ska Orchestra at Ottawa Bluesfest Thursday. Amazing band with an outstanding stage presence. I've wanted to see them for a long time. If there were a roof, they would have torn it off. #MelbourneSkaOrchestra #OttawBluesfest

It's that magical day when Joseph Montferrand (Big Joe Mufferaw) returns and puts Timbits and Double-doubles in the toques of all of the good little Canadian children. Happy Canada Day! #HappyCanadaDay

From Apress: Transform your organization’s #innovation game! @georgedwatt.bsky.social helps you build initiatives & deliver lasting value! From idea to implementation, nurture innovation in your organization with practical insights & examples. 📚 #Leadership #Entrepreneurship

Yes! Test recovery. During a conference session I once asked how many tested their restore… No hands went up. About three said they tested their backup, but none tested the restore.

There were no long lines at the advanced polls this afternoon. Only took a minute. Basically everyone who arrived at the poll was next in line, and the other poll at the location had no voters. #Canada #Election2025 #cdnpoli

Thank you, @springernature.com, for including "The Lean Entrepreneurship Playbook" in your #BookInspired reading list.

Mehul Book Sales did a great job summarizing some of the key points of "The Lean Entrepreneurship Playbook" in a LinkedIn post announcing they've made the book available in India. Thank you, Mehul Book Sales, for your support, and for the great summary. #Strategy #Entrepreneurship #Lean #Innovation

"Transform your organization’s #innovation game! @GeorgeDWatt helps you build initiatives & deliver lasting value! From idea to implementation, nurture innovation in your organization with practical insights & examples. 📚 #Leadership #Entrepreneurship " - Apress 🔗 ow.ly/8CS250Ug0MS

7 costly mistakes first-time founders make. Great video from Ash Maurya @ashmaurya.bsky.social #LeanStartup #Innovation #Startup youtu.be/-30TXCM48sg

This is amazing!

Make it stop! This poor smishing attempt was accompanied by a payment link. I'm always grateful when they are this obvious, but I have seen some very good phishing attempts lately.

I used to give first time managers these books. The one on the left encourages managers to catch people doing something right. The other helps them recognize when they're taking too much on and gives basic delegation tips. Have you read these? Do you think they're still relevant? #Leadership #Growth

Less than 45 minutes until the Sweden - Finland World Junior Semi-final face off and it’s eerily quiet. Should be a great game.

I had an opportunity to meet Jimmy Carter very briefly at a conference. His grip was so strong I wasn't sure I'd have a hand left when we finished our handshake. It reminded me of shaking hands with the steel workers and fishermen where I grew up — people who were not strangers to hard work.

The work he, and Dr. Donald Hopkins, did Ato eradicate guinea worm through the Carter Center was innovative and inspiring.

People in our region owe a debt of gratitude to Jimmy Carter that I haven't seen a lot of coverage of. While a naval lieutenant, his selfless action helped avert a nuclear disaster in Chalk River, about 160km (100 miles) up river from where I live. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Both World Junior games were fun today. Congratulations to Team Latvia on a well-earned, nail-biter of a win. Feldbergs (Goaltender) stood on his head (56 saves and no shoot out goals), and the rest of the team had to have blocked 40-50 shots.

Spotted a ghost on the ice during the U.S.A. - Germany warm up. Can you see it? #WJH2025

The World Junior Hockey Tournament has been my favourite hockey tournament for a very long time. Great talent, high energy, and a lot of fun. Tonight it’s Canada vs. Czechia in the last pre-tournament game.

I often showed these two books, published less than two years apart, to illustrate how things were evolving, our increasing understanding of the environment, and the need for continuous learning and improvement. #Security #ContinuousLearning

"'Unix Security' and Other Oxymorons" was probably my favourite title of any of my conference sessions. It helped people switching to UNIX (an emerging business platform in the 90s) understand the security concerns. Just found this presenter's gift from an international auditor's conference.

Does this story suggest a broader/different opportunity? Have there been studies of the benefits or drawbacks of mixing university/college #student living with #senior living? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What arrangements are best? What is the best ratio of one to the other? #Housing

Students live in a retirement home to test their startup idea. I love everything about this! 1. Startup founders loving the problem and truly getting to know their customers 2. Cohabitation making life better for the students and retirees youtu.be/hBVKUWlzngg #Lean #Startup #Retirement #Cohabitation

Missed this one on a covert C2 channel in Google Calendar Google Warns How Hackers Could Abuse Calendar Service as a Covert C2 Channel thehackernews.com/2023/11/goog...

I am looking for book recommendations! I enjoy books that cover interesting real-world business related stories like Bad Blood and Flash Boys (Red Notice, Character Limit...). I'm in the mood to read one over the holidays. Any suggestions?

In Canada? No tax on The Lean Entrepreneurship Playbook (print edition) during the tax holiday. That's 13% savings here in Ontario or up to 15% in the Atlantic Provinces. Amazon: www.amazon.ca/Lean-Entrepr... Indigo: www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-le...

It's frankly a complete joke that computer science graduates are not exposed to secure programming and secure by design as part of the CS curriculum. Drop a current required course and add this. There really isn't anything more important.

I had season tickets when the “Pizza Line” was the best line in hockey. They always put on a fantastic show. I haven’t been to a game in a long time, but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see them together again at the CTC.

OPP launches 'Project Atlas' to fight cryptocurrency fraud: ottawa.ctvnews.ca/opp-launches... #Crypto #Fraud

What are you reading? What would you recommend? Jim Saliba gave these to me when we met last Thursday. Jim wrote one, and the other was written by another Ottawa-Gatineau author, whom Jim kindly introduced me to Friday. I'm looking forward to reading both.

Even productive meetings can be silent, deadly productivity killers. "Why great meetings are killing your productivity": wp.me/p1uKi4-pW

The Lean Entrepreneurship Playbook: A Practical Guide to Innovation in the Modern Enterprise is available! It picks up where Lean Entrepreneurship left off, and provides a step-by-step guide to creating the conditions for innovation or new idea incubation in established organizations. (Links below)

I found this traveller on the back of my neck while raking leaves today.

This explains sooooooo much...

A bit of a light show here tonight

Water was low at Hog's Back today, but this kayaker had a couple of nice, clean runs. Map Info: www.google.com/maps/place/4...

My new book will be available in October. It picks up where "Lean Entrepreneurship" left off and provides updated insights, examples, artifacts, and tools to help readers develop and design a way to ensure new ideas flourish. (Updated links) Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/4gj4Rb7 Indigo: bit.ly/3TS2FxJ

While a part-time super during uni my go-to lock picks were a nail clipper's hooked file & a paper clip. Opened almost everything. Table knives were great bypass tools & nothing beat the letter opener for cabinets. But new Lishi and tubular tools. Wow! What makeshift tools were/are your favourites?

My new book is scheduled for publication in October. It picks up where "Lean Entrepreneurship" left off and provides updated insights, examples, artifacts, and tools to help readers develop and design a way to ensure new ideas flourish. Barnes & Noble: lnkd.in/enDCS6nm Indigo: lnkd.in/eusCjimD

The math notes feature of the new iPadOS looks amazing! Smart script looks great as well. #WWDC24

Nice!

Product Marketing Opportunity! A colleague is looking for someone with mid to senior level product marketing expertise to lead marketing of new SaaS offerings. DM if you are interested, or know someone who might be, and I will connect you to them.

I found this text ("so.,k,,,,...,,,,m") while finishing my final chapter. I sometimes leave notes in places I want to finish or fine-tune but I could *not* figure this out. Realized I forgot to slide my keyboard in and left the room. Now I have to list our cat as co-author.

Great news! Canada may join the Horizon Europe scientific research program. I participated in projects via its predecessor, Horizon 2020, working with European teams. It was one of the top research support initiatives in the world. Let's make this happen! www.ctvnews.ca/canada/europ...

OOOOO! I'll get right on that! SMH

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