Starting anew
It has been a long time since I’ve written here. But a very dear friend had only one ask for a big milestone birthday — and that was to blog. So, Ma.tt, this one is…
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Creative “cups of caffeine”
Anyone feeling burnt out? After two years of a pandemic that still rages on, women losing our rights, the economy declining, continued mass shootings, a war in Ukraine, there is just a…
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Skepticism in Autonomy
I spoke on a panel at the CTF Transportation Forum a few days ago. The panel was titled, “Can we get there from here? Making self-driving technology a reality for California” That seems…
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Enjoyment
A few years ago I was talking with Nilofer Merchant about women in tech and the road we still have in front of us to truly be equal. She had just finished her…
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Authenticity
What does authenticity even mean? I once worked with a CEO who would say that the most important attribute they wanted to see in the culture was authenticity. Every time they said it,…
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A little perspective
This school year has been hard for H, the youngest Waydo. Really hard. COVID started when H was six years old. For him, that entire first year was in isolation. Zoom school with…
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#10%
On every team I lead, inevitably we will do an activity early in our time together where we go through a principles exercise. These are the 5 things that if we follow, success…
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Owning our Wants makes us better leaders … and humans
How many times do we let what we want go unsaid? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about wants. What do I deeply want? How does owning my wants help my…
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Connections
When I was a junior in college, I was waiting tables at the Bozeman Montana Perkins Family Restaurant and Bakery (similar to Denny’s). My favorite shift was the 4pm to 8pm dinner shift.…
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“Mom, may I draw a boundary?”
That is what my youngest said to me this morning. Wow. I started feeling all the feels with that one. I’ve spent the last two years digging deep and developing a healthy relationship…
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Jaime Waydo 