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Why don’t people contextualize their e-mails more?

E-mail is a scourge for many people — 89 billion of the business variety are sent every day, no one can stop checking it, and people devour articles about time hacks as relates to e-mail. Here’s what I sometimes wonder: why… Continue Reading

“… if your organization is still treating HR like a compliance function…”

“… you’re missing the power that is available to you when you hire human beings to work on your team.” That quote is from an article by Liz Ryan on Forbes, also summarized here. I couldn’t agree more and I’ve been… Continue Reading

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What’s it like to work at ESPN?

I worked there from 2005 to 2011. Here are some thoughts on that time. Continue Reading

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Funny: B2B inbound marketing is essentially akin to stalking

KoMarketing Associates — they have a pretty good presence on LinkedIn, as an aside — did a little recap of InBound 2014 (the Hubspot conference) on their site. They tried to focus on six major themes that emerged from it, and… Continue Reading

What if Human Resources made one small change to the on-boarding process?

I’ve written about the on-boarding process a couple of times — notably this blog post — because I think it’s really interesting how little time / thinking / attention / context is typically paid to it, despite the fact that… Continue Reading

Russell Wilson is trolling all the other elite QBs (Brees, Manning, Brady, Rodgers)

Debating which tier of NFL QBs is the “elite tier” is a fool’s errand — and the reason sports bars exist / sell lots of beer — because no one seems to ever agree on what the base qualifications are.… Continue Reading

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Seems like Jesse “LJ” Matthew could be the culprit in the Hannah Graham case

As I’m typing out this blog, this is happening: (I wrote about this case a few days ago, if you want to see the original post) Police leave with bags of evidence from Jesse Matthew's apartment #FindHannahGraham @wsls pic.twitter.com/vTmZvf5bJc —… Continue Reading

Income inequality is eroding human trust

The notion of “haves” and “have-nots” may erode our entire social fabric. Continue Reading