You do see people go from the “business / we solve problems” part of the world to the “politics / we talk about problems and periodically solve them” part of the world, although increasingly it feels like there are a… Continue Reading
Americans live in a very partisan world right now, so anyone deemed “a national emergency” — as long-term unemployment has been called — needs to be taken with a grain of salt, because what conservatives and what liberals deem as… Continue Reading
Everyone is staking their claim to Antarctica these days; China just built its fourth research base there, which is shaped like a lantern. China’s now spending about $55 million per year on the Antarctic; 15-20 years ago, they were spending $20… Continue Reading
You could choke a horse on the Internet with lists about the “best city” or the “future city” of America — Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and others have all topped different lists — and now there’s a new study… Continue Reading
The world of paying for things hasn’t adopted new technology as fast as you might think; there’s an intermediate-level likelihood that within the next 25-50 years, you can simply swipe the back of your wallet against a device and it… Continue Reading
Big-time hubbub on the 2014 political front: ObamaCare is going to cost America 2 million jobs! Every Democrat is vulnerable! And… In reality, this isn’t going to happen the way it’s being discussed, but the amount of people in the U.S. workforce is… Continue Reading
That above chart is from The Atlantic Cities; as you may know, the Sochi Winter Olympics begin this evening, and Russia hasn’t exactly been the friendliest of places for homosexuals leading up to the Games. If you look at the map, red… Continue Reading
No matter what type of work you do — white-collar, blue-collar, physical therapist, construction worker, corporate CIO — everything comes back, ultimately, to goals. (Not to get too deep here, but so does life.) When you end up managing others, you… Continue Reading