Most bullshit job search term ever: “Overqualified”

Overqualified Is Job Search BS

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

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You can’t build employee engagement with software

Don'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

Kentucky Wisconsin UNLV Duke

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

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Stop confusing “formal power” with “knowing what’s best.”

Formal Power Isn't The Same As Knowledge

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.”

Parenting Time Does 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

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Please stop talking about how you “own a process” at work

Stop Talking About Owning A Process

If you like this post or vaguely agree (or horribly disagree) with its ideas, feel free to share it. Share buttons are down at the bottom.  There are admittedly a couple of different things about the working world that sometimes… Continue Reading

Daily deliverables murdered strategy

Daily Deliverables vs. Long-Term Strategy

Hard to think long-term when you’re always worshipping at the temple of busy, baby. Continue Reading