A discussion about the Myths of the Open Office This is part two of the Open Office series. Read part one for a better context. The Myth of Spontaneous Collaboration Let's start with this assumption: Open Office is the wrong least bad solution for a real problem. Open Office is usually implemented by managers with the …

Open offices can be harsh environments, you never know what dangers are hidden behind you until the interruption arrives. Productivity plummets, concentration is gone, the thread of reasoning destroyed in a moment. All of this caused by a casual question, a polite salute, an unsolicited tentative of small talk: Source …

At the end of the year it's quite common to think about the results accomplished and missed on the last twelve months. Some people say career is a marathon, not a sprint and I partially agree. The main difference is a marathon has a predefined path already known since the beginning, a career looks more like connecting …

White boxes and their impact on enterprise networking is a hot topic today, with many point of views. The last update from Dave Temkin, VP of Network Architecture ad Netflix, put more gasoline on the flames: **Update April 2018: the original tweet was deleted, the message was: Super proud of my team - today they …

I read this post on IPSPACE blog this morning and as often happens it made me think. The key point is: Warning figure out what your most pressing problem is Who should do that? Let's analyze the roles involved in a typical SMB or enterprise. Vendors Vendors have just one target: sell their products and make their …

I got inspired by the book "The 1 Thing" and changed a little bit my behavior about work and training I'd like to share here to discuss and improve. The Background A while ago one guy could setup a bunch of physical servers, install/configure/manage OS, configure network equipment and setup a firewall to connect to the …

Your Route to Cisco Career Success by Kevin Wallace A free ebook from Amazon/Kindle about the strategy to prepare for a brilliant career in networking. UPDATE: the book was free just for a limited amount of time (I got the link from Twitter).

"Breaking stupid rules for smart results." Not the best book ever but I liked the concept: don't stick to the rules if you feel the rules don't allows to work in and efficient way. Hacking work is actually intrapreneurship and requires a little anarchic spirit. How can we improve if we never try something different? …