Shared Links (weekly) Nov. 30, 2025
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Linked – Ex-IT director accused of accessing his former employer for two years
This is actually a difficult thing to protect against, because every organization’s IT infrastructure has at least one person with completely unfettered access, who we trust to keep it running smoothly and who would need a very high level of permissions to do so. On the other hand, had Columbia had a policy in place…
Worth Reading – I Stopped Asking “What Do You Do?”
There are so many more interesting things we could be talking about. Yes, we are all here to connect and learn from each other about our work, but it doesn’t have to be the beginning and end of every conversation. Maybe instead of “what do you do,” I’m going to start asking folks what one thing they have learned this week that has them most excited? No offense to your job, but that conversation is going to be more interesting, in my humble opinion.Â
What have you learned this week?
Linked: Barrier To Performance: Why We Need To Talk About Mental Health At Work
Turns out, there are things we can do to deal with a mental health struggle, and continue working in many cases. Not all, certainly, but many. Of course that requires your workplace to fit this description: It revealed a few successful strategies that allow participants to juggle both workplace demands and their mental health needs….
Linked: Bad news: The cybersecurity skills crisis is about to get even worse
Now, the shortage of people leading to overworked stressed, and burned-out workers is the headline, but if you look at the reasons given in the article below, it’s not “just” that. It’s where that situation leads. When you’re short-staffed and constantly putting out fires, you don’t really take the time to think about showing appreciation, helping employees grow their skills and careers, or creating a diverse workplace.
Yet those are the exact things that employees are looking for elsewhere.
Appreciating and growing your employees is not something that is “nice to have” anymore. It’s a requirement.
