Zach Hughes·Dec 19, 2025Leadership Lessons from the Christmas StoryI love to look at the world around me and glean leadership lessons to inspire myself and others to rise to our calling. It’s Christmas. In…
Zach Hughes·Dec 5, 2025I Formed My Vision of Artificial Intelligence Back in 1987I grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation. By then, The Original Series was on re-runs and seemed hokey in comparison. Picard is my…
Zach Hughes·Oct 24, 2025Leadership Lessons from Escaping a Tsunami in a Hippie CampervanBack in July, I took my family on a camping trip in Hawaii. We flew to Honolulu and rented a pair of campervans for our family of six. We…
Zach Hughes·Aug 29, 2025Leadership Lessons from Dropping My Oldest off at CollegeWe did it. We dropped my oldest son, Caleb, off at college last weekend. This was a first for our family. Many friends and colleagues have…
Zach Hughes·Aug 15, 2025Leadership Lessons from Driving a Rented Tesla to a Volcanojust got back from a family vacation in Hawaii. We had never been there before, and it was a lovely time.
Zach Hughes·Jul 11, 2025Leadership Lessons from Mentors in MoviesI noticed this quite a while ago, and once I saw it, I couldn’t unsee it. Many movies, dare I say most, are written with a hero and a…
Zach Hughes·Jun 13, 2025IT Execution at Ludicrous Speed: Leadership Lessons from SpaceballsDid you hear the news? After 38 years of waiting, Spaceballs 2 was announced yesterday. Check out the hilarious announcement from Mel…
Zach Hughes·Jun 6, 202510 Public Speaking Hacks for Geeks — RevisitedLast week, I spoke about technology change leadership at Open Source North. It was a lot of fun. In case you missed it, I drew heavily…
Zach Hughes·May 16, 2025How Generative AI Fixed My Air ConditionerI’m naturally fascinated by new technology. No one needs to tell me to keep up on tech trends. I do so naturally. I’ve done plenty of…A response icon1A response icon1
Zach Hughes·Mar 28, 2025The End of the Corporate Data CenterI remember the first time I set foot in a real data center. It was roughly 26 years ago. That’s where the magic happened. That’s where the…
