Sunday, August 16, 2020

On... well, Jim-isms....

When Jim was retiring from Akamai, some folks go together to document his Jim-isms.  I've highlighted my favorite ones from the list...

 

There's numbers you look up (Accounting), and numbers you make up (FP&A)

It's probably not our finest hour

Hope is not a strategy

We need to have a regular cadence to review this data

Two data points don't make a trend

I am pleased... but not satisfied

Make me proud

All ropes need to touch the ground (so many years later... this yet doesn't make sense to me)

Interrogate the numbers till they confess

Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into

Trust, but verify

If that is a priority, ok... but the size of their envelope cannot increase

Live to fight another day

Don't let go of the last vine till you are holding on to the next one

Precision does not equal accuracy

Thanks.  Just a few more things (followed by a list of 10 more things)

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