Ashley Campbell

Swapping to a simple digital handheld with an external antenna and VOX fixed dropouts between floors and with the screen sleeping until noise and a battery that lasted through outages. Setup was easy with no app, and testing stairwells and the kitchen helps dodge interference on a budget.

Lead with constraints and data. Offer two options and ask them to choose. Always follow with an email recap with dates, scope, and dependencies.

On brutal double shifts I tag people by location plus name. Say their name back and pair it with where you met them, like James from catering by the coffee urn. If you circle back, greet with name plus a callback to what they mentioned.