Weekly newsletter of Dr. Ir Johannes (JD) Drooghaag — Issue #13
What a year…
2021 — a year like no others
Despite being in the middle of a pandemic, (social) media has been full of claims about “new normal” and “post pandemic” throughout the year. And the “wonder of it all” is that in most claims the prediction is that technology will play a significant role, employers have suddenly become highly interested in the personal preferences of their employees, and above and beyond anything else, the future is bright, especially when we look at social media.
“This is bad, really bad” is not the headline that attracts subscribers and definitely not the text that makes posts on social media go viral. And since both seem to be the prime objective, we are overloaded with optimistic predictions and recycled text and videos about a CGI rendered future that is “just around the corner”. This has always been a significant element in (social) media channels but 2021 seems to have driven this to new heights.
The harsh reality of 2021 is that lives are lost due to a lethal virus, jobs have been terminated, businesses have been closed, and we topped it off with supply chain crises so huge that suddenly everyone is either a supply chain expert or found the answer in some popular hyped post on social media.
Remember the Danish football captain Simon Kjaer who saved his mate’s life and demonstrated true leadership under immense pressure? Yes, that happened this year. January 6th? Also 2021! No-result-cop26? Even the majority of the Solarwinds Hack came to light in 2021. 2021 was just as long as all other years, and yet it feels like it was much longer. Maybe all the false optimism in media and social media made that happen…
In the news!
Time Bombs Inside Software: 0-Day Log4Shell is Just the Tip of The Iceberg | Hacker Noon — hackernoon.com
CVE 2021–45046, says the fix to address CVE-2021–44228 in Apache Log4j 2.15.0 was “incomplete in certain non-default configurations.”
SUSTAINABILITY — Conflicts emerge where ethics left. — leadership-circle.net
Part of the Sustainable Development Goals is a plea for Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions with 12 targets under SDG16. The objective is to create stable and sustainable societies by promoting peace and justice.
AWS Cloud für Fertigung und Industrie — johannesdrooghaag.com
AWS Cloud für Fertigung und Industrie — Analyse der AWS-Angebote für die Fertigung und Interviews während re:Invent.
IBM FlashSystem 5000 Storage Solutions — johannesdrooghaag.com
IBM FlashSystem 5000 Storage Solutions offer reliable, fast, and scalable storage solutions for small and medium sized companies.
Judge people based on what they do, not on what they say they do. — leadership-circle.net
Judge people based on what they do, not on what they say they do. Some people claim “you can see who I am by looking at what I do” but as soon as you have a closer look at what they actually do, you will quickly discover that they mean “listen to what I say …
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No leader should give orders they are not willing to accept and execute themselves. — leadership-circle.net
No leader should give orders they are not willing to accept and execute themselves. Leadership comes with responsibility, and should come with accountability. As Peter Drucker once said “Every leadership decision should be made after asking yourself if you would be willing to do what you are about to decide, are you willing to accept …
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