Why is it so complicated for people to understand Google’s people success?
Stop treating people like farm animals and you’ll do alright for yourself. Continue Reading
Fundamental Explainers
This is my blanket category for the site; it’s an attempt to explain a concept in a deeper way.
You should probably be making about $30,000 more
Whenever a new batch of “employment/jobs” data gets released — which happened at the end of last week in the U.S. — I always get kind of frustrated, because (a) no one really understands the unemployment rate and (b) it really… Continue Reading
Most bullshit job search term ever: “Overqualified”
Wrote this post a while ago, then re-purposed it on LinkedIn over the weekend. Did OK there (maybe 1,000 views and a handful of comments) and one of the comments jumped out to me first. It was about the whole… Continue Reading
Work isn’t set up to create innovation, no
You’d probably assume that innovation, as a concept, needs a few steps before it actually happens — and one of those steps is probably “creative thinking.” (Or, at the very least, some kind of thinking.) How do you achieve the idea of “creative thinking” that… Continue Reading
You can’t build employee engagement with software
I’m of two minds on this, I guess, because I have seen software/interface programs designed at upping the ante on feedback and engagement. Many of them are sleek and well-designed, and I think there might be decent adoption rates and… Continue Reading
Wisconsin > Kentucky is Duke > UNLV 1991
Follow the bouncing ball here. 1990 National Championship Game: Duke vs. UNLV (UNLV won by 30. Mostly awful game.) 1991 Final Four: Duke vs. UNLV (Duke avenges, wins by 2 over undefeated UNLV team … and in Indianapolis no less.)… Continue Reading
Stop confusing “formal power” with “knowing what’s best.”
Here’s a personal story to open. I worked for ESPN, ESPN.com, and ESPN The Magazine from 2005 to 2011 (bit more on that here). I was ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine from 2007 to 2011. Most of that time, my boss was this woman.… Continue Reading
Bullshit Studies 101: “Parenting Time Doesn’t Matter.”
I quote studies and research on here all the time, because, well, frankly I’m personally not that intelligent — so I figure if anyone is going to assign any veracity to anything I say, I should probably back it up… Continue Reading