Command and control management will kill you
15.4% less likely to live a long life because of your ass clown boss? Not a deal any of us should be taking. Continue Reading
Hierarchy
Company hierarchy sucks. Can we improve the issues?
We keep hearing that top-down management doesn’t work in 2016, but hierarchy is a massive brain-soother for many in the corporate sphere. But it sucks. So, er, what now? Continue Reading
How senior management can start really doing stuff
Making $225,000/year to put out fires and quell arguments? Might as well flush it down the toilet. Continue Reading
Bad Boss 101: Country Club Management
This idea of bad bosses / having a bad boss came up at the bar across the street from my house last night. I ran into a couple of people I didn’t know — I think they might be TCU… Continue Reading
Professionalism in the workplace is about code-switching
One concept that often makes me want to self-immolate is when people begin discussing professionalism in the workplace. Lest you think I’m racing to any employer and throwing buckets of water at everyone as if I’m Doink the Clown, let… Continue Reading
What’s making you the most distracted at work?
If you look above, it’s not social media — which I bet most employers (as opposed to employees) would say. It’s actually water/coffee and bathroom breaks, which makes some sense: the former (hopefully not the latter) are ways to socialize with co-workers, and socialization/having friends… Continue Reading
E-Mail is just a representation of the power structure of your organization
If you like this post, feel free to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post. Before we get into this, let’s just be clear up front: e-mail is probably one of the worst… Continue Reading
At work, certain skills can’t belong to just a few people
Here’s a tricky little thing about work and the future of work: we spent most of the past century building jobs around specialized skills — i.e. “He’s an IT guy!” or “She’s a designer!” — but, in the process, we created a… Continue Reading