The modern moment: “You have no dignity.” “Um, you’ve never met or spoken to me.”
Someone told me in a Twitter thread last night that I “lack dignity.” The person and I have never met or spoken. Is this modern comms? Continue Reading
Month: October 2020
The managerial fear button and punished vulnerability
Managers have a lot on their plates, and often “motivating or building your team” falls to their last priority. Enter fear as a “strategy.” Continue Reading
Welcome to Wedding Week: A second one (for me), in the middle of a goddamn pandemic
I ain’t unique in this by any means, but here are some observations on doing a second wedding during COVID. Continue Reading
The abandonment of adult friendships
It’s sad when once-relevant friendships end over things that aren’t relevant, and that seems common in Internet-fighting modernity. Continue Reading
That whole Katrina Kibben situation
Katrina Kibben, a good gal in that ol’ HR world, likes to preach inclusion while anonymously dragging people for LinkedIn jokes. How’s that work? Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 75: Is it OK for guys to be depressed?
I’m a guy, and I often feel lonely and sad. Is that OK to discuss, however? And we shift society’s views on this? Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 74: Poor Fred and the art of respecting people at work
We care a lot about new PRODUCT features at work. Cool. Could we ever care as much about new people features, i.e. life changes? Continue Reading
The Blunder Years, Episode 73: Are we all bigger douchebags now?
Are we now more aggressive and generally douchebag-y because of politics, partisan nonsense, and the culture wars? Perhaps. Continue Reading