Are you a Leader or a Supervisor?
This is well-worn topic but I’ve had some inspiration hit recently for distinguishing between the two: Leaders enable their team to excel at their job, supervisors tell their team to excel at their job. Enabling versus telling requires different skills […]
Why Reno Offices Love Dogs
Dog friendly work environments bring out a range of reactions: advocates, pessimists, and some that don’t care either way. The different opinions are for good reason: dogs can relieve stress and increase social interaction… but dogs can also be distracting […]
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Personal Community in Reno
Doug Erwin from EDAWN’s Entrepreneurship team once said that “we are creating an ecosystem of givers instead of takers in Reno.” That has really stuck with me since Renoites seem to intuitively understand that we are all in this together, […]
Why Personal Communities can be More Difficult than Professional Networks
Deterioration of the sense of community in the US is a common topic at cocktail hour and dinner parties, but solutions are hard to come by. Furthermore, although this crisis feels intuitive in our own communities, there seems to be […]
3 Simple Things Every Budding Company Should Measure
My rule of thumb for what to measure is that if it is important enough for you to be doing, it’s important enough to be able to measure performance around it. Obviously doing is more important than measuring, but often […]
My First 3D Print at the Innevation Center Makerspace
The UNR Innevation Center Makerspace is home to seven 3D printers that can accommodate a range of printing needs from cost effective looks like prototypes, to robust works like prints, and finally to high resolution resin prints. The Makerspace does […]
Focusing on the Bright Spots – People Edition
The concept of focusing on the bright spots was discussed by Chip and Dan Heath in the book Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard. In a nutshell, finding the bright spots simply means to focus on the […]
Prioritizing Air Quality in Makerspaces
Prior to my current job, I was the Makerspace Manager at the UNR Innevation Center for the last two and a half years. Through that, I’ve talked about how to start makerspaces with non-profits, other universities, hobbyists, libraries, and more. […]
Part 4: An Insider’s Tour of the Innevation Center Makerspace
Welcome to the Innevation Center! In this 4-part blog post, you’ll get an insider’s tour of the University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center – Powered by Switch. In Part 1, we visited the first floor of the Reno Innevation Center. […]
Part 3: An Insider’s Tour of the Third Floor of the Innevation Center
Welcome to the Innevation Center! In this 4-part blog post, you’ll get an insider’s tour of the University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center – Powered by Switch. In Part 1, we visited the first floor of the Reno Innevation Center. […]