--- title: Musings about leadership and management from a geeky perspective | Matthew Stibbe (4) description: Matthew is founder and CEO of Articulate Marketing. Writer, marketer, pilot, wine enthusiast and geek. Not necessarily in that order. Never at the same time. (4) image: https://geekboss.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Totoro-at-Studio-Ghibli-1.jpg --- Latest article 6 minute read ## [Does IT still matter? Interview with Nicholas Carr](https://geekboss.com/blog/does-it-still-matter-interview-with-nicholas-carr) By [Matthew Stibbe](https://geekboss.com/blog/author/matthew-stibbe) In 2003, Nicholas Carr, author of the Rough Type blog, asked the provocative question: “Does IT matter?” His article appeared in the prestigious... [Productivity](https://geekboss.com/blog/tag/productivity) ![Nicholas Carr giving a lecture](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Nicholas_Carr_at_the_Telecosm_Conference_in_2008_crop-1-1.jpg?width=1600&height=1000&name=Nicholas_Carr_at_the_Telecosm_Conference_in_2008_crop-1-1.jpg) Related content [![How NOT to lead geeks](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AdobeStock_166575054-1-3.jpeg?width=320&height=320&name=AdobeStock_166575054-1-3.jpeg) ### How NOT to lead geeks The world of technology is full of immature management and poor leadership. Get some... ](https://geekboss.com/blog/lead-geeks) [![Managers vs Entrepreneurs](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/pexels-august-de-richelieu-4427910%20(1).jpg?width=320&height=320&name=pexels-august-de-richelieu-4427910%20(1).jpg) ### Managers vs Entrepreneurs A while back, I asked if you were a Looney Tunes person or a Disney person. 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By Matthew Stibbe [Productivity](https://geekboss.com/blog/tag/productivity) ![Chalkboard drawing of a brain](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AdobeStock_84645276-1-3-1.jpg?width=800&height=500&name=AdobeStock_84645276-1-3-1.jpg) ### [The wrong word: widely misunderstood scientific terms](https://geekboss.com/blog/wrong-word) People have a horrible tendency to use the wrong word in press releases, especially when using scientific terms they don’t understand. Hype... By Matthew Stibbe [Communication](https://geekboss.com/blog/tag/communication) ![Bin man and garbage truck](https://geekboss.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AdobeStock_17377522-1-Oct-31-2022-10-28-33-8288-AM-1.jpg?width=800&height=500&name=AdobeStock_17377522-1-Oct-31-2022-10-28-33-8288-AM-1.jpg) ### [The best and worst job titles](https://geekboss.com/blog/the-best-and-worst-job-titles) Bin man or Environmental Maintenance Officer? Why are job titles getting so ridiculous? Perhaps I’m sitting in a glass house throwing... 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