This post is part of a From The Archives series I am doing to move my posts over from LinkedIn. This was originally posted on January 13, 2024.

If you read my previous posts, you know that 2023 was a reasonably productive year. It's hard to believe that we kept our event delivery operations rolling, completed construction and systems integration on a broadcast control facility, and successfully conducted an end-to-end test during our biggest live event of the year. 

This year, I'm taking a strategic approach to my goals. I plan to focus on fewer deliverables with more impact and make space for offline time to focus on my future and personal development. 

There was a lot of change in the M&E space in 2023, and it's not too much of a leap to predict more change in 2024. I won't opine on those macro trends since that isn't my day job, and other people have a better knack for analyzing and predicting what the year and future could look like. 

Ultimately, we can't predict the future, so making predictions isn't the best use of time. However, setting intentions and goals is essential for growth. Goals can indicate a direction, even though the path might take twists and turns to get there. Goals indicate a direction, a micro prediction of a future state. 

Here are the micro predictions I'm contemplating for 2024. 

All joking aside, I don't remember when we weren't being asked to do more with less. However, our investments over the last three years will pay off, and 2024 will be one of our most efficient and productive years yet. 

This year, we'll focus on refining workflows, streamlining delivery, and continuing to drive down operating costs. There is an opportunity for the smaller, more agile players to succeed in an industry that is consolidating and getting less agile and more top-heavy. I am committed to innovating, staying agile, and responsive to our customers. 

As I described in my previous posts, we use the cloud in our workflow where it makes sense and deploy workloads on-premise where it makes sense. In 2024, we are already testing new cloud workloads to support a more secure and streamlined hybrid workflow. From where I sit in the industry, I see many other organizations navigating the hybrid/cloud question, so we'll continue to share our thinking and the evolution of our workflows as we can. 

I'm thankful for the opportunity to work in the Broadcast space and contribute to the industry. We work with stellar industry partners at every stage of our workflow. Publishing posts about our workflow has prompted an overwhelmingly positive response from people in our industry. Some wanted to learn from our use case, others wanted to chat about remote production, and some wanted mentoring to take that next step in their career. These conversations made me realize that knowledge sharing and collaboration are essential to moving our industry forward.

In 2024, I hope my team and I can continue to be a resource for other industry professionals and partners.