Cities have regularly been of the mindset that if they lower taxes for businesses, said businesses will come running and put up shiny HQ buildings in said cities. In reality, that’s not the case; businesses like to be near available… Continue Reading
Google Glass isn’t really even that widely available yet, and it’s already a divisive issue. Heck, Alamo Drafthouse is already banning it! But perhaps the issue here is context: we’re all thinking about this in terms of regular ol’ people on the street… Continue Reading
I’ve had a bunch of job interviews in the past two months or so, and whenever we get to the “What do you want in a corporate culture?” question, I usually mention the idea of a place where not everyone… Continue Reading
This article on work-life balance ideologies as relate back to sports is getting some traction at Harvard Business Review, and rightfully so, as ’tis interesting: This brings us, finally, to the exertion–recovery balance that Loehr and Schwartz see great athletes managing so well.… Continue Reading
Everyone likes to talk about how busy they are — it’s the new currency of our day-to-day lives, in some respect — but regardless of how slammed you are day-over-day, there’s a good chance you have five minutes somewhere that… Continue Reading
This morning, I probably sent seven e-mails related to different things to people with office jobs. I got six auto-replies about them being out this Friday (bear in mind, for most people this week didn’t even start until Tuesday). That’s… Continue Reading
Watched this Simon Sinek TED Talk before bed last night and was thinking about it a little more this morning. First of all — and this is a bit of a generalization — but businesses/organizations tend to love having military… Continue Reading
That’s a video of me ice skating in about 2007. As you can see, I’m a total goddamn wreck. I embedded that video above because (a) it’s moderately funny and (b) short and (c) somewhat encapsulates how I feel at… Continue Reading