What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 26 April 2026 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-26april-2026-87e478b57383 #AI #leadership #entrepreneurship #management #cybersecurity
I keep saying this: the Democratic Party needs to disband in a highly public way, leaving a void to be filled by leaders who can read the room, know what time it is, and understand the assignment.
We are here because the legacy party did none of that.
It was an honor to speak at the #FOSDEM. Thank you for the possibility to share my message on how to lead change from closed source to #opensource and why contributing to this transition actually matters more than ever.
In case you missed the talk and would like to join the #FOSS revolution, I'm happy to share the recording: https://video.fosdem.org/2026/aw1120/7YMJST-how-to-lead-change-to-open-source.av1.webm
#fosdem #opensource #foss #leadership #changemanagement #unplugtrump #vendorlockin #bigtech
How to be a modern autocrat. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/
Grateful to have some 2026 speaking engagements already on the books! I partner with Chief People Officers, HR teams, associations, nonprofits & boards to deliver keynotes, trainings, and workshops that inspire action. Topics include mindset, return-to-work transitions, wellness, and employee engagement. Scan the QR code below to schedule your consultation and secure your date!
A little bit on a quick assessment I do to help me figure out if folk are ready to do change work https://adrianhoward.com/posts/change-readiness-assessment/
When I was a kid, we didn't have any lessons on leadership as it wasn't really required. I lived near a large park and after school, kids would appear there and usually start organising a game of football together. No one ever took charge, we just split the numbers into equal teams and started playing. There were no referees as we all knew the rules and group consensus sorted out any disputes. We were kids but we knew how to organise ourselves and accept responsibility.
What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 1 February 2026 https://medium.com/@jchyip/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-1-february-2026-ee53cbc44943 #Lean #Leadership #Physics #Nonviolence #Forgiveness
What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 15 February 2026 https://medium.com/@jchyip/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-15-february-2026-a677a7e43d8d #Lean #Leadership #Politics #Management #AI #SoftwareEngineering
What I’ve been reading week ending 31 May 2026 https://medium.com/@jchyip/what-ive-been-reading-week-ending-31-may-2026-84dfd1ed83e1 #TDD #FowardDeployedEngineering #AI #Leadership #ProjectManagement #ProductManagement #Productivity #Strategy
✨ A sparkle icon appears in an app that no one in IT approved. The help desk can't explain it, and it's already processing your data! This kept coming up in conversations with other CIOs, so I wrote about it in my latest Forbes piece.
The pattern repeats across so many vendors; here are just a few:
・Zoom auto-enabled AI Companion on host accounts, with recordings and full transcripts already defaulted on
・Microsoft 365 Copilot activates for every admin if your tenant holds a single paid license, and opting out means building a special security group
・Google's Workspace Intelligence shipped default-on for Gmail, Drive, Chat, and Calendar, with admin controls lagging the live feature by up to 72 hours
・OpenAI disables connectors by default for Enterprise customers but enables them for Business. Same vendor, opposite defaults.
Every default-on feature just transfers governance work from the vendor to you, along with wiretap exposure and e-discovery sprawl that nobody signed up for.
My ask of vendors is simple: ship AI features off by default and give admins an evaluation window measured in weeks, not days. Until that happens, assume the next AI feature is already live in your tenant. Review your configurations like it's a recurring operational task, because it is.
Full piece here: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/06/10/default-on-ai-are-saas-vendors-outsourcing-their-risk-to-you
#RiskManagement #Forbes #ForbesTechnologyCouncil #ForbesTechCouncil #leadership #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity #AI #SaaS
@forbes @[email protected] @forbestechcncl @RHR_International @depaulu #DePaul #DepaulU #DePaulUniversity #DePaulCDM
What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 22 March 2026 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-22-march-2026-ae4b1344e6d3 #science #leadership #management #AI
Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 Fixing Software Delivery: An Engineering Leader’s Field Guide by Max Guernsey, III and Luniel de Beer
Watch here: https://youtu.be/sNk1JvPh0T0
#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #management #engineering #leadership
A startup is putting military-style drones in high school ceilings. Ceiling-mounted. Charging. Waiting. And when something happens, a pilot in Austin, Texas, decides whether to deploy pepper gel on your kid's school. I'm not saying the problem isn't real. It absolutely is. But read that back.... in schools. We've taken a Ukrainian battlefield tactic against Russian soldiers and ported it to Deltona High School in Florida. The co-founder literally said the idea came from watching drone videos of the war in Ukraine. The chief pilot described it as "cheating in a video game after you die." These are children.
Here's what's not in the headline:
🔒 The drones use an encrypted connection — but the article notes they're potentially vulnerable to cyberattack. A compromised drone in a crowded hallway isn't a security tool; it's a weapon pointed in the wrong direction.
⚖️ Mithril reserves the right to act independently during an attack, without waiting for law enforcement. A private company operating remotely is making use-of-force decisions at a school.
💰 Florida and Georgia approved $500K+ each for this. A group of Texas parents raised $200K more. That's real money going to ceiling drones instead of mental health services, counselors, or de-escalation programs.
The ACLU said it plainly: when force becomes a zero-risk remote action, it gets overused. Axon tried a Taser drone for schools in 2022, and its own ethics board killed it. Mithril is picking up where that got dropped.
I teach cybersecurity. I've spent years in boardrooms helping organizations think through risk. And the risk calculus here isn't just about whether the drone works. It's about what we're normalizing when we turn schools into drone-monitored combat zones and call it progress.
"This is the future," said the sheriff's captain.
I hope not.
#SchoolSafety #Cybersecurity #Leadership #security #privacy #cloud #infosec
What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 12 April 2026 https://medium.com/@jchyip/what-ive-been-reading-and-watching-this-week-ending-12-april-2026-b2497d4bc433 #ai #leadership #lean #science #engineering #SoftwareEngineering
What I’ve been reading week ending 21 June 2026 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-week-ending-21-june-2026-0db3373166a8 #writing #SoftwareEngineering #AI #cybersecurity #Lean #leadership
It’s Sunday & 1 link was added in this #educational link collection - to a brand new blog about that something that has been very debated lately.
https://saraslistofedresources.wordpress.com
Thanks Matt Evans, @head_teach, for putting words to something I think many can relate to❣️
Enjoy reading & please RT/spread further in your own networks elsewhere.
#Education #motivation @EduTooters #schools #TeachersOfMastadon #schoolpolitics #leadership #goals #resources & #results #exclusion #inclusion
What I’ve been reading week ending 12 July 2026 https://medium.com/@jchyip/what-ive-been-reading-week-ending-12-july-2026-cad3fc6a752e #leadership #management #autonomy #accountability #civility #ai #cybersecurity #SoftwareEngineering #interviews
