Today, humans carry a large share of the burden of making sense of the world. Despite advances in technology, we’ve become restless as even more data is a click away. The data piles up, the brain goes numb, and we languish well before the journey begins. If we are up to the challenge of pulling back the curtain on all this data, we can de-stigmatize it and organize it to tell a compelling story to create awesome things. Technology may have infinitely expanded available choices on how to move forward, but it has not replaced our inherent human need to be organizers, builders, and tinkerers.
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice! Practice! Practice! According to Malcolm Gladwell, it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert in something. That something for me is IT project management. I think it’s foolish to delude myself into thinking well-roundedness reigns supreme in today’s ever-changing workplace. It’s specialization and a disproportionate ability in something that makes people and work interesting. I’m most effective staying within my project management lane and try hard not to impress anyone by being a jack-of-all-trades Swiss army knife kind of person, because it’s hard to keep all those tools sharp all the time.
I am fortunate to have traveled extensively to gain valuable experience and exposure to a wide breadth of projects across diverse industries and sectors. I find I am most effective working with smart people who are empowered to drive an organization’s vision and strategy. My passion for innovative technology and creative problem solving has been an asset to organizations who want to push technology boundaries or breathe new life into half-baked ideas in a way that re-energizes the overall organization. I thrive in a nimble organization that encourages others to get excited about change and inspires them to generate new ideas that improve existing products or create the impetus for new ones.
Outside of my work, I enjoy the pursuit of experiences that allow me to push my own limitations, including travel to remote mountaintops, meeting diverse people with interesting stories to tell and any group activity that builds camaraderie at a social gathering afterwards. I am currently living and working between Barcelona, Athens, and a small village in Northern Greece called Anthochori.
Feel free to drop a note at tom@tomgorgolis.com. I would love to hear from you.
