SKO Day 1: Doing Okay
Feb. 11th, 2025 11:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerDay 1 of SKO (sales kick-off) is now in the books. I'm back at my room at 11:30pm after a marathon day. I had meetings 7am - 5:15pm (including working breakfast and lunch) followed by an evening reception 6:30 - 9pm followed by unscripted time hanging with colleagues from 9pm until a few minutes ago.
Today's main program was good and not at all Death By Powerpoint, as too many SKOs at smaller companies I've worked at have been. Our leaders kept it high level and motivational. (Death-by-Powerpoint drags through details may come tomorrow or later in the week.) We got upbeat news about new product innovations and go-to-market strategy... which is kind of bittersweet, actually, because it comes after way too many months of no apparent progress on so many important things. Are we getting our bearings again after a year lost in the wilderness? I like to say "Heck, yeah!" but I recall having this exact same hopeful feeling 12 months ago... after which we promptly spent another 12 months lost in the wilderness. 😖
In terms of getting to bed at a reasonable hour I expect to do better tonight than last night. Tonight I've gotten back to my room an hour earlier than last night. Tomorrow's an equally early morning... but maybe tonight I'll get 5.5 hours of sleep instead of 4.5.
Today's main program was good and not at all Death By Powerpoint, as too many SKOs at smaller companies I've worked at have been. Our leaders kept it high level and motivational. (Death-by-Powerpoint drags through details may come tomorrow or later in the week.) We got upbeat news about new product innovations and go-to-market strategy... which is kind of bittersweet, actually, because it comes after way too many months of no apparent progress on so many important things. Are we getting our bearings again after a year lost in the wilderness? I like to say "Heck, yeah!" but I recall having this exact same hopeful feeling 12 months ago... after which we promptly spent another 12 months lost in the wilderness. 😖
In terms of getting to bed at a reasonable hour I expect to do better tonight than last night. Tonight I've gotten back to my room an hour earlier than last night. Tomorrow's an equally early morning... but maybe tonight I'll get 5.5 hours of sleep instead of 4.5.
