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# About Geek Boss and Matthew Stibbe

My name is [Matthew Stibbe](https://www.stibbe.net/). I’m an entrepreneur, manager, marketer, writer, pilot, wine lover and geek. But not necessarily in that order.

I have been a geek all my life and a boss for the last 30 years. This blog is trying to make sense of it all. In public. One article at a time.

This blog is about refactoring management from a humane, geeky perspective.

The media portrayal of ‘bosses’ gives the wrong impression of what leaders and managers do. The bullying ego-maniac is not a good role-model. Empathy and respect are as important as decisiveness. Skilful means and intelligent analysis are more important than self-confidence.

Geek culture offers a better alternative. Or at least one that works for me. It emphasises playfulness, experimentation, curiosity and meritocracy.

I’m CEO at [Articulate Marketing](https://www.articulatemarketing.com/)  and [Turbine](https://www.turbinehq.com/) and long ago at [Intelligent Games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Games). I write about wine at [Vincarta](https://vincarta.com/) and (occasionally) about aviation at [Golf Hotel Whiskey](https://www.golfhotelwhiskey.com/) and [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewstibbe/?sh=2105a6157209).

‘Me and this robot, that’s who!’

[ Contact me ](https://geekboss.com/contact)

![Matthew and Robot](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Matthew-and-Robot.jpg?width=400&height=533&name=Matthew-and-Robot.jpg)

## Popular articles

### [Churchill in Love at the End of the World](https://geekboss.com/blog/churchill-game)

 I used to run a computer games company in the 90s and I used to love designing games. But I haven't done it in decades. Until this week. I...

By Matthew Stibbe

![Matthew Stibbe and Studio Ghibli Robot](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/RichardFeynman-PaineMansionWoods1984_copyrightTamikoThiel_bw-1-1.jpg?width=800&height=500&name=RichardFeynman-PaineMansionWoods1984_copyrightTamikoThiel_bw-1-1.jpg)

### [Richard Feynman and the pleasure of finding things out](https://geekboss.com/blog/richard-feynman)

 The BBC Horizon series has been inspirational for me over my life. For example, the programme Painting by Numbers was one of the main...

By Matthew Stibbe

[Geeky Things](https://www.articulatemarketing.com/blog/topic/geeky-things)

![Matthew Stibbe and Studio Ghibli Robot](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Zork-cover-1.jpeg?width=800&height=500&name=Zork-cover-1.jpeg)

### [How GeekBoss got its name and the ‘muddle’ of coding for Zork](https://geekboss.com/blog/coding-zork)

 Readers may know that I started my career in computer games. Instead of enjoying ‘the end of history’, back in the 90s, I was CEO of ...

By Matthew Stibbe

[Computer Games](https://www.articulatemarketing.com/blog/topic/computer-games)

![Matthew Stibbe and Studio Ghibli Robot](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/casey-horner-h1ir44a0xcg-unsplash.jpg?width=800&height=500&name=casey-horner-h1ir44a0xcg-unsplash.jpg)

### [How to run a collaborative change management project (video)](https://geekboss.com/blog/change-management)

 Over the last 18 months, I have been running some huge change projects at my marketing agency. I ran a webinar about the processes I used...

By Matthew Stibbe

![Matthew Stibbe and Studio Ghibli Robot](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot-2021-04-30-at-18_03_10-1-1-1-1-1-1.jpg?width=800&height=500&name=Screenshot-2021-04-30-at-18_03_10-1-1-1-1-1-1.jpg)

### [Interview with Stephen Bungay: historian, writer and management guru](https://geekboss.com/blog/interview-with-stephen-bungay-historian-writer-and-management-guru)

 Stephen Bungay is a management consultant, academic and author of two remarkable books about the Second World War: The Most Dangerous Enemy...

By Matthew Stibbe

![Matthew Stibbe and Studio Ghibli Robot](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/kristina-flour-BcjdbyKWquw-unsplash-1-1-3-1-1.jpg?width=800&height=500&name=kristina-flour-BcjdbyKWquw-unsplash-1-1-3-1-1.jpg)

### [Silence is golden: how to soundproofing your writing room](https://geekboss.com/blog/soundproofing)

 It’s difficult to figure out how to write in a world that’s full of distractions. We all know that interruptions kill productivity. But...

By Matthew Stibbe

[Productivity](https://www.articulatemarketing.com/blog/topic/productivity)

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