Nonprofit leaders, I know you’re exhausted. It took everything you had to get your organization through the pandemic. You’re still facing a slew of competing priorities and high employee turnover. It may be tempting to revert to the old ways, but we’re in a new world: Hybrid work has given us flexibility, but also the…
Sometimes your business tech tools constrain your imagination. It’s not intentional. It’s the opposite of what Big Tech visionaries set out to do. But they create and sell a product with standard forms, views and dashboards they think will work for most companies. The problem is, when you can only input and see your data…
From software developer to CIO, Eddie Jenkins has built a career harnessing technology to solve business problems. He knows, when you can’t do it alone, you partner with experts. He’s written plenty of RFPs, reviewed responses, interviewed top candidates, and worked in the trenches with the winners. But he’s always been on the buyer side…
Spring semester brought Mind Over Machines our second Baltimore Tracks intern. The program is a collaboration with YouthWorks, Code in the Schools, and Pass I.T. On that works to diversify Baltimore’s tech field. Diversity in all its forms (including age!) is critical to innovation because it challenges us to see the world differently, and that…
I just took a vacation from the dystopian nightmare that is our reality according to most cable news networks and social media. My virtual destination: the Abundance360 Annual Summit. Our host and curator was XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis. Peter says his life mission is “to inspire and guide entrepreneurs to create a hopeful, compelling and…
Some of my best friends are IT professionals. As a data analyst, I know how important infrastructure is. I’ve got nothing but respect for data architecture, security, and governance. But business landscapes evolve quickly. It can be tough for IT to keep up with user needs. What happens when data demands change faster than you…
