Companies mostly get it wrong about defining purpose
You can’t get to ideas like “purpose” and “engagement” through Excel and project management. Continue Reading
Fundamental Explainers
This is my blanket category for the site; it’s an attempt to explain a concept in a deeper way.
Ernie Banks dies = Cubs win the World Series?
Ernie Banks passed away, and I can’t think of a person the baseball world could lose where it would be a bigger deal — with the possible exception of Willie Mays or maybe Yogi Berra. But follow the bouncing ball here… Continue Reading
Leadership should actually be about making as FEW decisions as possible
Counter-intuitive, but potentially 100 percent accurate. Continue Reading
Here are the 30 fastest-growing cities of 2014
You start with the Brookings Institute’s “Global Metro Monitor,” and then you move on over to CityLab breaking down the data. In there, you’ll find a chart of, essentially, the 30 fastest-growing cities in the world in 2014. Basically, it looks at the change… Continue Reading
Networking better: (a) Stop caring about first impression; (b) stop networking
I honestly believe relationships and the whole idea of “networking” is basically everything; I’ve written about it before as a result, here and here. Here’s why it’s become everything, IMHO: the job market is supposedly “back,” but it’s not really — 23… Continue Reading
What if what’s really being “disrupted” is The American Dream?
When you hear the word “disruption” in someone’s keynote speech, really they’re talking about how your quality of life is about to collapse. Continue Reading
Here’s President Obama’s 2015 State of the Union word cloud
Here are the word clouds for the third State of the Union of every President since Roosevelt — i.e. the penultimate ones — and below (in large format, as well as to the side here in smaller format) is President… Continue Reading
Shasta Himelrick case: Name to know might be Michael Owes
Shasta Himelrick went missing in Ohio around Christmas; first her car was found abandoned, and then her body was found in a river in early 2015. I don’t believe there’s an official cause of death on this case just yet, but… Continue Reading