Zach Hughes
@mr_zach_hughes
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Vice President, IT at CHS | Leadership Lessons | Tech Futurist | Speaker | Writer | Podcaster. Tweets are my own.
Minneapolis, MN
Joined June 2010
We did it. We dropped my oldest son, Caleb, off at @CrownCollege last weekend. This was a first for our family. Among the flood of emotions, I'm reflecting on the significant leadership lessons from this experience
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We 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 gone before us. It’s a significant experience and something...
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Mentorship isn't one-size-fits-all. Many different approaches can have a profound impact.
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I 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 mentor. We love to focus on the hero characters, but ever-present...
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RT @DumbDumberMovie: Mock .(yeah).ing .(yeah).bird .(yeah).yeah .(yeah).Mockin'bird,.now.Everybody .have .you .heard.He's .gonna .buy .me….
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Did you hear the news? After 38 years of waiting, #Spaceballs 2 was announced yesterday. I can barely contain my excitement. Let's celebrate by learning the leadership lessons from the original quintessential Spaceballs film:
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Did you hear the news? After 38 years of waiting, Spaceballs 2 was announced yesterday. Check out the hilarious announcement from Mel Brooks himself: I cannot wait! In 1987, Mel Brooks released Spa...
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23 years ago today, I blew up the data center. I hope your Memorial Day weekend is uneventful
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The Friday before Memorial Day, in 2002, I blew up the data center. It happened when I lit the PDUs for a new row of equipment that I had spent a week racking and cabling. A 110v power strip didn’t...
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Personal experimentation is a precursor to business transformation. The biggest barrier to change is satisfaction with the old ways of working.
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I’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 dabbling with Generative AI. I’ve written about it a few times on...
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RT @DonnieDarkened: The deeper message of Palm Sunday is one a lot of people would rather ignore. It was a moment of massive misunderstand….
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RT @rez0__: I saw a guy coding today. No cursor. No windsurf. No chatgpt. He just sat there. Typing code manually. Like a psychopath.
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After working on cloud migration for so long, the end is bittersweet. We're turning the page on a significant chapter in the history of computing.
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I 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 serious IT engineering work was done. At the time, I was...
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Feel like you're overdue for a promotion? That can be frustrating. Rather than just wait patiently, here's what you can do about it:
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Do you ever get the feeling that you should’ve been promoted to the next level by now? If you are early in your career, you might think you are the only one. Ask anyone. Every single person will say...
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RT @thisisfoster: Find a church and stay there, men. It doesn’t have to be perfect—none are. Does it preach the Bible? .Does it confront s….
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"Everything is computer!" Indeed. Is that good or bad? How are we handling the proliferation of digital technology?
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This week, the President of the United States stepped into a modern EV and remarked with exuberance, “Everything is computer!” I will set aside the political context for this, because that’s not the...
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The biggest derailers for servant leaders and how to mitigate them:
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Can you be a people-first, servant leader and still have the guts to make the tough calls when you have to? Yes, but it’s really hard. Those of you who have been following me for a long time know...
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