Twenty/Veinte · A Blog of Twenty
Leadership articles
Notes on leading IT teams, hiring Linux professionals and keeping systems running. 17 articles from my Twenty/Veinte series, built around practical point lists.
20 Ways To Improve Time Management for a Linux Admin
Twenty habits for planning your day, protecting your time and getting work done.
Read article →Leveraging Self-Care to Power Productivity of Your IT Teams.
Twenty ways managers can support self-care, reduce burnout and help their teams do good work.
Read article →A simple 20-point BCP/DR plan
A media company continuity plan covering recovery objectives, backups, communications and testing.
Read article →20 Ways to Leverage Automation in a Linux and AWS Environment
Twenty areas where automation can reduce repetitive work and knowledge silos in Linux and AWS.
Read article →20 Qualities I Seek When Hiring an IT LINUX Professional
The technical abilities and working habits I look for when hiring Linux professionals.
Read article →20 impactful strategies for success for peer promoted to manager
Practical ways to lead former peers while building trust and taking on new responsibilities.
Read article →20 Tactics For Managing Enterprise Killing Certificate Expiration
A certificate and key inventory that stays current before an expiration becomes an outage.
Read article →20 Ways to Meet the Challenge of Being a First-time IT Manager.
Practical guidance for a first IT management role, from finding a mentor to leading through change.
Read article →20 tips for managing cybersecurity
The 12 cybersecurity practices published in the source article, covering assets, risk, access, monitoring and recovery.
Read article →20 IT strategies for Managing Remote & In-office combined Teams
Twenty ways to make remote and in-office IT workers operate as one team.
Read article →20 Ways to Incorporate ITIL in Your IT Environment
Practical steps for introducing ITIL across a Linux and AWS DevOps environment while keeping ownership, measurement and continual improvement visible.
Read article →20 Critical Steps for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.
A disaster recovery and business continuity checklist built around preparation, testing and recovery.
Read article →20 reasons I believe in the working Manager
Why staying close to Linux administration work can improve decisions, trust and team support.
Read article →20 Key Qualities of an IT Professional
A hiring checklist that treats technical ability and working habits as parts of the same assessment.
Read article →20 Ways to Increase Team Collaboration and Break up Silos
Twenty team habits that make knowledge, decisions and work visible across silos.
Read article →20 Ways To Stay Authentic In the Modern Corporate IT Environment.
A practical list for keeping personal values and professional growth in view at work.
Read article →20 Strategies for Developing and Maintaining a Service Catalogue
Build a service catalogue your team can maintain, search and use during an outage.
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