After twelve and a half years at Amazon total, I’ve moved on — for good this time. People keep asking me why, so I thought I’d write it down. …

This post is for people who want to be promoted. If you don’t want to be promoted, stop reading now. A gap analysis is a tool that you and your manager can use to come to aligned expectations on what it’s going to take for you to be promoted to…

On data, dates, and deliverables — photo credit: GuySie http://www.flickr.com/photos/guysie/ Years ago I created a document called “The Book of Ian” (juvenile title, I know) and shared it with my team. The document contained objective guidelines for communication about data, dates and deliverables. My goal in sharing it was to codify the (high) standards I wanted…