All it takes is a phone, a reasonable signal, a relatively quiet place, and a conference call appointment.
Wow, I've really really had some fun with this,... Being anywhere and everywhere and dialing into a conference call. Where's Jeff? It doesn't matter, he is on the phone, he's on the call, and where he's at and why is immaterial.
Like when I was at the beach in January.
I was at the Dill's condo, and had to be on a series of calls for work, on this occasion it's our daily Scrum standup, a time-boxed 15 minute go around the room, "How's it Going?". The trick here was that I didn't want to wake the slumbering heads in the condo at 8:15 am. I went down stairs, and found a lawn chair on a deck, right beside the beach. Nope, too noisy, call-ins would be able to hear the ocean waves. I moved to a courtyard, nope, too noisy, the lawn care folks were blowing and mowing. Hmmm,... ah a little nook between, a hallway of sorts, still outside, but reasonably quiet. Success, 15 minute call, it's just like Jeff is there!
Like when I was interviewing this past November.
I had a series of phone interviews trying to land a Dir. of Eng. position. For HP, I had had the phone screen, flown to Austin for the face to face, and had two conference calls with folks in Sunnyvale. Last interview, a second phone interview with the EVP that would be my bosses boss. I had just visited someone in Crestwood Hospital, and needed to get to that special place to be Virtual Jeff. Where? Yes, I'll do this interview from the airport road Starbucks parking lot. No mowers, no coffee beans being whished with steam, just me in the car with the iPhone and the earbuds. The interview started with the EVP saying hi John. No sir, I'm Jeff. Oh, ok, sorry. Thirty-minutes later, that interview was done, and guess what, I got the offer!!!!
Like this past Thursday!!!!
I had been working on an NPI transformation to Agile/Scrum presentation for 2 months, and it was time to deliver it to my bosses bosses boss, the division VP, over a conference call. Wait a minute. We've got a company gathering in Columbus, a BBQ right before that call, so I can't do Webex! Hmmm.. Yes. I can print out the powerpoint slides and steal away to a quiet place during the picnic. Yep, the grilles were burning, and I fetched a hotdog off the grill, no bread, and ate in on the walk back to my "office", the Z3. I shut the door, dialed up the call bridge #, and co-presented a 45 minute presentation. Little did I know the bossses bosses bosses boss was there, the EVP that reports directly the CEO of the 8,000 employee company. Yes, Virtual Jeff delivers. The presentation went great, the EVP wrapped up the call, stating "let's do this", and the call ended. When I got back to the picnic, I got, "where have you been?, we're ready for frisbee and corn hole!". I said sure, just had to take that call!
Virtual Jeff! Where will he be next? In the airport, by the beach, at the picnic, at Starbucks?
Stay Tuned!
Wow, I've really really had some fun with this,... Being anywhere and everywhere and dialing into a conference call. Where's Jeff? It doesn't matter, he is on the phone, he's on the call, and where he's at and why is immaterial.
Like when I was at the beach in January.
I was at the Dill's condo, and had to be on a series of calls for work, on this occasion it's our daily Scrum standup, a time-boxed 15 minute go around the room, "How's it Going?". The trick here was that I didn't want to wake the slumbering heads in the condo at 8:15 am. I went down stairs, and found a lawn chair on a deck, right beside the beach. Nope, too noisy, call-ins would be able to hear the ocean waves. I moved to a courtyard, nope, too noisy, the lawn care folks were blowing and mowing. Hmmm,... ah a little nook between, a hallway of sorts, still outside, but reasonably quiet. Success, 15 minute call, it's just like Jeff is there!
Like when I was interviewing this past November.
I had a series of phone interviews trying to land a Dir. of Eng. position. For HP, I had had the phone screen, flown to Austin for the face to face, and had two conference calls with folks in Sunnyvale. Last interview, a second phone interview with the EVP that would be my bosses boss. I had just visited someone in Crestwood Hospital, and needed to get to that special place to be Virtual Jeff. Where? Yes, I'll do this interview from the airport road Starbucks parking lot. No mowers, no coffee beans being whished with steam, just me in the car with the iPhone and the earbuds. The interview started with the EVP saying hi John. No sir, I'm Jeff. Oh, ok, sorry. Thirty-minutes later, that interview was done, and guess what, I got the offer!!!!
Like this past Thursday!!!!
I had been working on an NPI transformation to Agile/Scrum presentation for 2 months, and it was time to deliver it to my bosses bosses boss, the division VP, over a conference call. Wait a minute. We've got a company gathering in Columbus, a BBQ right before that call, so I can't do Webex! Hmmm.. Yes. I can print out the powerpoint slides and steal away to a quiet place during the picnic. Yep, the grilles were burning, and I fetched a hotdog off the grill, no bread, and ate in on the walk back to my "office", the Z3. I shut the door, dialed up the call bridge #, and co-presented a 45 minute presentation. Little did I know the bossses bosses bosses boss was there, the EVP that reports directly the CEO of the 8,000 employee company. Yes, Virtual Jeff delivers. The presentation went great, the EVP wrapped up the call, stating "let's do this", and the call ended. When I got back to the picnic, I got, "where have you been?, we're ready for frisbee and corn hole!". I said sure, just had to take that call!
Virtual Jeff! Where will he be next? In the airport, by the beach, at the picnic, at Starbucks?
Stay Tuned!
