🧑💻 In addition to serving as home base for Thought Distillery, where Becca Williams provides remote product management, strategy, + Agile product ownership services for values-driven software organizations, this space will serve as a testing ground for Becca’s big, bold vision to build a commercial real estate development for socially-conscious Read more…
Just like all companies are technology companies, whether or not they acknowledge it, all companies also make social impact. They can be intentional about what that means and strive to minimize their carbon footprints and maximize the positive effect they have out in the world, they can ignore their roles Read more…
First, A Note About Privilege To have the resources and employment to even consider a move at this time and to base decision criteria on availability of high-speed internet is a place of privilege, I recognize. I share the resources below with that awareness because I am already doing this Read more…
My husband, Adam, and I are considering a move to another part of the state of CO (or buying property here in the Pikes Peak region where we currently live) and existing search tools don’t suffice at all, so I’m piecing together my own. I envision a new paradigm for Read more…
For the last five weeks, I’ve been incredibly grateful and honored to have participated in technology policy advocacy conversations through ACT | The App Association’s AppCon. I was enlightened by and reminded of the humanity on both sides of the political aisle in the ~25 calls I was privileged to Read more…
For the last several months, our family has had a dinner table tradition. We each share three gratitudes from the day. Recently, as part of our kids’ unschooling journey, we decided to start sharing something we learned from the day, too. Last night, our oldest shared that he read that Read more…
A 40-something considers for a long time whether or not to leave her stable consulting job to go off on her own without her first contract lined up. She’s the primary earner in her family and they didn’t have 6-9 months of savings in the bank as a cushion, just Read more…
I like to dive in and take stock of what’s happening within an organization when I start a new consulting project/engagement. Over the years, I’ve boiled this down to a consistent set of questions and things I want to research. In honor of prolific sharing and not reinventing the wheel… Read more…
Five years ago, I started logging ideas and observations in OneNote around pain points/sources of friction/other ideas related to things I’ve read/listened to in business models, customer experiences, technologies, process, civic engagement, and physical products. I’ve now compiled more than 100 concepts in my “Life Ideas” tab. When I first Read more…
A colleague recently asked about my secret sauce for team-building. I’m sharing my experiences here to save you time, heartaches, and headaches, and offer a whole-person-centered perspective you might not have considered previously. I have noted lessons on how to build strong teams for almost two decades. I’ve worked with Read more…
Greetings and thanks for entertaining the idea of sharing your email address with me! In exchange, I promise to infrequently send my latest musings and curated lists of favorite tools, tips, and articles.
Sincerely,
Becca