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By 2050, minorities will be the majority

Minorities Outnumbering Whites In U..S.

Back-to-school 2014 was the first time in U.S. history that more minorities than whites were in public schools. That’s somewhat of an epoch moment, especially for those who believe “America” is for “Americans” — which ignores the entire narrative that the… Continue Reading

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The approach to meetings needs to change

Meetings Are Stupid

Alright, let’s start off with a couple of basics. Hopefully most people understand that: Meetings aren’t work; they’re a way of talking about work. Meetings are a gigantic time suck. Often the wrong people come to the meetings, the right people don’t,… Continue Reading

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‘Out-of-office’ is the most bullshit thing in history

Out Of Office

A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure/benefit of going to Belgium for work — and when I came back, I had the pleasure/benefit (in a much different way) of meeting a Medtronic sales guy at a bar in… Continue Reading

Outlook should just cut e-mails off at five lines

Cut Off E-Mail At 5 Lines

We know, from some form of research, that human attention span has decreased over time — and we know that the average time someone reads an e-mail is about 30 seconds before they kind of lose the task/focus associated with it. 30… Continue Reading

Abilify explains America in a nutshell

Abilify

This probably won’t be a very long post, but I still think it’s somewhat interesting/relevant. First off, I’m somewhat depressed a good deal of the time, although I don’t take any drugs for it. (I have been to therapy off… Continue Reading

Technology shifted the world, in two photos and one lesson

I’m attending this conference for work right now, and yesterday Niall McKeown of Ionology gave a presentation. It was kind of general “strategy vs. digital strategy” stuff — although people often have no idea what strategy is — but he had a few interesting… Continue Reading

Work schism: too many leaders think at the macro level

Align vision and strategy

On Friday, which was my 34th birthday, I was trying to write a post called “Leadership Is Dead.” Admittedly it was a major click-bait headline in a lot of respects, and I was having trouble writing it. The trouble came… Continue Reading

On my life at 34

Ted Bauer at 34

Here’s a little honesty/transparency to start, which admittedly can be rare. For the past six months or so, when people ask me about my birthday, I’ve been saying I’m turning 33. That’s absurd for anyone that has any context in… Continue Reading