Kimberly Wiefling

Scrappy Kimberly Kamp!

This is the FULL article. An appetizer version of this appeared in the anthology "Essays From the Edge" in 2020. Long ago I was a new product development program manager at HP’s analytical products division in the heart of Silicon Valley. My first project was a critical product redesign with a demanding schedule, so I was dismayed to see this sign hanging at the desk of one of my team members: “15 Years ’til Retirement—Pace Yourself.” Rather than being passionately committed to our work together, this person was looking forward to escaping his job so that he could finally start enjoying his life. Gallup would describe him as “not engaged,” but to me he was yet another risk to our imperiled project.