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
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
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
My own journey to find a job, from about September 2013 until about June 2014, was a painful one. I wrote about it a bunch of times: here, here, and here are some examples. It was miserable, honestly, and often… Continue Reading
There are essentially four models for human social interaction, according to some: communal sharing, authority ranking, equality matching, and market pricing. That seems a little bit like academic speak, so let’s break it down into more manageable categories. In terms… Continue Reading
I was thinking about this a little yesterday as I drove home (in sheeting rain), so I wanted to write something about it. It’s not very scientific or anything — it’s more anecdotal — but I still find it interesting.… Continue Reading
I’d venture to guess that a lot of people in standard business roles, when they hear a term like “Employee engagement,” they think of a fluffy cloud hovering around the Human Resources department. They don’t know exactly what it is, but it… Continue Reading
In my first year of graduate school, I tried to set up a series of events with business leaders from the Minneapolis area. The basic idea would be: at a bar, appetizers and drinks, a business leader speaks for five… Continue Reading