231- Embracing Failure and Learning from Mistakes with Steve Cole

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Steve Cole Steve Cole is an IT manager at Klingspor Abrasives USA, where he oversees IT operations for the company. Steve has a lifelong passion for computing and got his start programming on a Commodore 64 as a child. He reluctantly entered the IT field at the urging of his brother despite concerns about losing his hobbyist zeal. Now as an IT leader, Steve still retains that tinkering spirit along with a strong drive to continuously learn and improve. When he’s not working, you can often find Steve out fishing – when the fish aren’t outsmarting him, that is! Embracing Failure and Learning from Mistakes with Steve Cole In this engaging discussion, IT manager Steve Cole offers invaluable insights on cultivating problem-solving, creativity, and learning from mistakes in the IT realm. Drawing from his early experiences as a computing hobbyist and tinkerer, Steve shares a unique perspective tailored for IT professionals and leaders. You’ll discover key lessons on hiring strong candidates, building trust, and maintaining a growth mindset amidst technology’s mounting complexity and reduced customization.

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0:00.0	Hi, nerds.
0:09.0	I'm Michael Moore hosting this podcast for dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:12.4	I'm here with Steve Cole, IT manager at Klingsporer Abrasives, USA.
0:16.8	Hey, Steve, how's it going today?
0:18.1	Great.
0:18.4	How are you?
0:19.1	Very good.
0:20.1	Very good.
0:20.7	I'm going to start off with our icebreaker segment that we always start off with.
0:24.4	It's random access memories.
0:26.3	I ask a question, and then you respond with the answer that comes to your head first.
0:31.0	Your first question is, if you could change one thing about current computers, what would it be?
0:38.1	Oh, current computers.
0:41.0	It can be anything.
0:42.1	Like, don't limit.
0:42.8	Yeah, I guess I come from more of the, I love to assemble computers and, you know,
0:51.8	kind of old school put them together.
0:53.4	And a lot of that's kind of going, I don't want to say going away, but the,
0:58.7	the commercialized segment of IT and computers, you know, if you walk into Best Buy,
1:05.3	you know, that's not really heavily promoted a whole lot.
1:08.1	Very true.
1:09.1	And we don't even have, we don't have been to have like,
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