The three “tiers” of work and life
Vocabulary and “where you sit” are incredibly important to how work gets done. Continue Reading
Language
What’s the worst workplace buzzword?
Many others have tackled this topic — here, here, here and here — but I wanted to try and get a list down as well. I have a friend out in Seattle and her and her husband do this on… Continue Reading
What’s up with the over-use and obsession on acronyms in American business and professional culture?
I take business school classes right now, and b-school students notoriously love the acronym, so some of these examples I’m going to delightfully pepper throughout this post are probably irrelevant to the broader world, but eh … you win some,… Continue Reading
This President Obama State of the Union word cloud is all about America and unity
Here’s the word cloud from last night’s State of the Union address. Some of the top words: “America” and “American” and “Americans.” See a theme here? Other key ones: “people” and “jobs” and “help” and “work.” Again, see a theme? Here’s… Continue Reading