Love the blog. A friend pointed me to the Nerd Handbook and I had a holy shit moment.

I am consistently impressed with how well your ideas and concepts expressed on these hallowed pages line up with how I see the world. I have even started referencing some of your work when trying to reduce stupidity in the workplace. This article is certainly going to help.

Years ago I started using “I don’t have excuses only reasons and contingency plans I have not yet implemented”. This simple shift in thought was all I needed to acknowledge and accept responsibility then easily show a way forward to eliminate a re-occurrence. Regardless of this I generally end up working for managers that are just looking for a usable excuse.

I have also come to realise that if it’s not written down it doesn’t exist. Clear reasons and achievable proposed actions can still be twisted into a blame conspiracy by management and staff unless it is provided in a format that can’t be misinterpreted or forgotten.

Keep up the good work influencing workplace understanding of nerd/geek culture.

J