🎵 You’re wearing a mask...You’re wearing a mask...You’re wearing a mask...You look better that way! 🎶
Iggy Pop from 2001 – That message is certainly not true these days – you look much better without the mask and we are heading towards hopefully permanently taking them off.
The Road Ahead
Great Q2 meetings a couple weeks ago in North America and APAC. EMEA is going to help us finish the quarter strong next week when they virtually get together to discuss business and legacy.
I, for one, am excited about the new CDC guidelines that have greatly loosened mask requirement guidance. Got a taste in Dallas of how sweet it is to be in-person and rekindle relationships face to face. We’re headed for what will hopefully be all 3 geo’s being in person for Q3.
We’ve showed that it’s possible to attend a meeting virtually, but we will be pushing through the rest of the year to be ready to hit 2022 running back with the expectation that everyone is physically at our meetings. You have a great chance to start that in Q3 so make plans now to be in-person for our next meeting. It's fun to say that and fun to be planning for in-person events again. I’m hoping for 75% of us in North America in Denver & London and closer to 100% in the Gold Coast in Australia for Q3.
IT Nation Secure
Speaking of loosening restrictions and in person events, I want to make sure you’re aware of the Secure Conference IT Nation is hosting in Orlando June 21-23rd. This is a hybrid event but we have worked out an Evolve deal for those of you that want to attend.
Let’s back up a bit – why should you attend?
The CyberSecurity industry and threats are moving so fast around us it’s difficult to keep up. The Exchange breech, the colonial pipeline attack, President Biden’s Executive Order aiming to improve the Nation’s Cybersecurity are all testament that the news is filled with cybersecurity. Incidents happening weekly, if not daily, directly affect us immediately or are at least pushing for more regulation and oversight. The Secure conference was put together to get the best cybersecurity has to offer in our space all together to cultivate thought leadership, education owners and lead engineers on current best practices. Our goal is to allow you to build your cybersecurity network to help keep your company current and plugged in to what you need to know.
Simply put, if you’re an owner or a lead engineer, you should be in Orlando. So, for Evolve we have arranged for a deal where if you sign up to be in person at IT Nation Secure in Orlando, we’re giving you a company virtual pass so the rest of your company can have access to the content as well.
For our international folks (including the Canadians in our community) who have travel restrictions still in place, we’re offering a deal where for $99 you have everyone in your company attend virtually.
How to register:
SEPG Owner Alignment Workshop - this Thursday!
One last reminder - this Thursday we are doing another round of the SEPG Owner Alignment Workshops! This is Part 1 of a two part series where we will review the steps you can take to ensure the service management team is aligned with the owner. It is vital to the success and continued growth of your company to be sure that not only the team is aligned to one another but also to the overall company strategy. During the webinar we will discuss tools, habits and industry trends to keep this alignment healthy.
Get you and your team registered and join us this Thursday!
Ok, that's it! It’s time to get back out there and between Secure in June and our Q3 meetings we have a couple of great opportunities for you to begin in person networking again.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Orlando and at your Q3 meeting.
Stay healthy and lead strong!
-Brad