Employees And Teams Archives

Conflicted with Business Processes

By Tony Perez | November 15, 2015 |

The idea of implementing a process is one that should provide insight and guidance. Yet, I find myself conflicted when I think about the idea of putting them together. Not because they lack value, but because I know that their intentions will be lost over time, and they’ll inevitably be leveraged as a crutch and…

WordCamp Minneapolis 2015: Building and Running a Global Workforce

By Tony Perez | May 17, 2015 |

Recently I spoke at WordCamp Minneapolis 2015 on Building and Running a Global Workforce: The People Aspect of a Remote Company. While I usually speak about security, in this talk I share the challenges of a remote work force and speak about people issues, culture, growth challenges, scaling, and everything in between. In June of…

A Culture of Yes

By Tony Perez | January 18, 2015 |

I have a friend, Chris Lema who loves to write about how much he says no, so much so that he has an entire tag dedicated to it. When you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. Your ability to decipher the noise from the rest, is a bit of an art, and…

Culture: The Journey

By Tony Perez | January 15, 2015 |

For the better part of the past 7 months, my business partner, Daniel, and I have been infatuated with our culture. All aspects of it, what it really means, what it means to us, and more importantly, how is it defined. I think the basis of the question has really been, who and what are…

Know it and Done it All’s

By Tony Perez | June 29, 2011 |

This is funny that I’m writing about this because some might say that I fall into this category, but I can’t help but think there are worst people than myself out there…:D Granted, everyone has a topic or two that they are intimately familiar with and as such are able to engage and provide good…

Office Politics

By Tony Perez | May 24, 2011 |

Office politics, that seems to be the theme these days. Never before have I been exposed to the interoffice and intercompany politics that I have been experiencing as of late. What’s most amusing is that it’s all levels, not just senior management, but the lowest levels as well. It is grossly overwhelming.