Hello everyone…
After leaving Rapid7 in 2019, I started developing a more academic approach to product development. However, after a number of months working on the social and process theory to make my approach more coherent, and to describe a mathematical model for sets of useful metrics - my personal and professional life was interrupted by the need to take care of a family member with a terrible illness.
The interruption became a self-funded research project with the hopes of establishing a scientific bases for a startup. The project is Conscious Metrics - but again real life and covid changed my plans… The budget I’d put aside for Conscious Metrics was impacted by the pandemic. More relevant, it became clear that the data and research initiatives could be completed in hours per week… and a realistic timeframe to build useful models might be years. I have returned to full-time consulting in program and project management.
The time spent on Conscious Metrics was enlightening. Research and the scientific method are satisfying work; but studying for the PMP, and thinking about the current state of agile and project management is what I did for fun. Custom approaches to project management are better done as part of a team, with skin in the game, so to speak. I love what I do - and truly enjoy seeing happier people, happier teams, and leadership with the tools and buy-in needed to deliver successful outcomes.
Contact me through my LinkedIn profile, at nsalzman@atdash.com, or nsalzman@consciousmetrics.com
Nicholas
Cambridge MA January 13th, 2021
