Rikki G in his original portrait, wearing a navy jacket and light-blue shirt with arms folded.
Rikki G

About / More than the work

A little
context.

I enjoy the point where someone stops needing an answer from me and starts finding their own.

My background is in software engineering, architecture and technical leadership. I still enjoy writing code. Over more than 20 years, the work has also become about helping people understand a problem well enough to take responsibility for it.

Some of my most useful lessons came from getting things wrong. I would rather explain where my reasoning failed than turn the result into a tidy success story.

Fatherhood has changed how I think about success outside work. That part of my life belongs here too, while the people in it keep their privacy.

Reading this site

The reasoning, as well as the result.

Perspectives sets out the standards I care about. Work takes a specific problem apart. The journal gives a question more room, with examples you can examine and use.

A lighter sideThe office edition
OFFICE EDITION01 / Thinking partner
Full-length cutout of Rikki G styled as a cardboard office standee, with arms folded, a navy jacket, dark jeans and tan leather shoes.

Would you want a Rikki
in your office?

Suggested life-size print. Width estimated from the artwork.

A little personality

Serious about the work.
Room for a little humour.

An experiment that got a little out of hand: an office edition, complete with suggested print dimensions.