This morning, Paul Maritz sent mail to all of VMware talking about where we’re going in 2012. \u00a0There’s a lot in it, and I really like seeing this kind of honesty and transparency from my CEO. \u00a0In it, he added a core VMware value: giving more than we take.<\/p>\n
In my year-plus at VMware, I’ve been doing a lot of that. \u00a0I’ve spent a lot of time mentoring others on my team to help them improve their research skills. \u00a0I also created VMware’s first internal user experience conference, vUE<\/a>. \u00a0I’ve also just started a series of UX tech talks (which probably deserves a post of its own), the first of which happens at the end of this month.<\/p>\n My goal is to help my organization exemplify user experience excellence for the whole company. \u00a0In short, I’m doing two things: modelling user research excellence for my team, and helping our user experience team come together to share expertise and identify areas where we can collaborate and build a better VMware-wide user experience. \u00a0As a side effect of these efforts, I want to create a community for our user experience professionals across the company. \u00a0This is also part of giving back: I want to build a lasting user experience community where awesome user experience people want to work.<\/p>\n There was a lot for me to like in Paul’s memo. \u00a0This particular piece resonated with me because I feel like I’m ahead of the curve. \u00a0It’s awesome to see our CEO recognize the importance of efforts like mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This morning, Paul Maritz sent mail to all of VMware talking about where we’re going in 2012. \u00a0There’s a lot in it, and I really like seeing this kind of honesty and transparency from my CEO. \u00a0In it, he added a core VMware value: giving more than we take. In my year-plus at VMware, I’ve … Continue reading giving back more than we take<\/span>