The Perspiration Principles

  You Can't Build Culture in a Cloud Zooming in can lead to zoning out, or worse: when everyone feels compelled or entitled to share whatever they're thinking. (Please spare us.) Here are four rules to bring some discipline to every discussion.  BY  HOWARD TULLMAN , GENERAL MANAGING PARTNER, G2T3V AND CHICAGO HIGH TECH INVESTORS @HOWARDTULLMAN1 Illustration: Getty Images I've spent a lot of painful time lately in interminable  Zoom meetings  wondering if things will ever get better or whether we're all just forever mired in this  anhedonic rut . Drifting off into these depressing queries is easy when you're stuck for hours in front of a monitor and staring at your company's infinitely less entertaining version of digital  Hollywood Squares . Anyone who suggests that you can accomplish any meaningful interaction with your team or any effective engagement with a group over Zoom or Teams simply doesn't understand how humans interact, or how important body...

  Don't Gamble With Your Tech Security This week's cyberattacks in Las Vegas are yet another reminder that you can't be passive about protecting your network and other digital assets.  BY  HOWARD TULLMAN , GENERAL MANAGING PARTNER, G2T3V AND CHICAGO HIGH TECH INVESTORS @HOWARDTULLMAN1 Illustration: Inc./Getty Watching the hapless victims of a cyberattack as portrayed on  The Morning Show  -- running around like headless chickens while clueless executives demand protection from the just-arrived outside team of white-hat hackers -- I was painfully reminded of just how interconnected we all are by our devices. And how vulnerable every business is to network intrusions by criminals, and the extortionate ransom demands that typically accompany them. When the workforce began returning to the office, people brought with them all the shortcuts, compromises,  simplistic passwords , and other bad habits they'd adopted while working remotely, along with all the c...