Let’s start here: Most managers are not very good at their jobs. Let’s move to here: The “new model” of leadership is supposed to be more geared towards ideas like “empathy” and “coaching.” And now let’s finish here: Much of… Continue Reading
A couple of quick stories before we get going here: 1. Used to work with a kid who hated the sheer idea of consultants (like someone in Office Space). Whenever something happened in his office, he’d snark to the senior… Continue Reading
I’m going to make an argument here (and probably do so poorly), and the argument is going to be a little bit hard to follow (I think). Bear with me. I think there might be something here. (Generalization to start)… Continue Reading
Here’s The New York Times being “goofy” and comparing the number of companies run by guys named John (just the name John) to the number of companies run by women at all. It’s maybe a little bit awkward at parts, but… Continue Reading
Basically, networking sucks — to the point that often the best advice to “network better” is actually to “stop networking.” There are a myriad of reasons for that, not the least of which is networking feels like a game that can… Continue Reading
Goes something like this, I think: Old idea: Everything comes back to storytelling; that’s what the brain resonates around. If you’re in marketing, that’s what you should do. That’s essentially the keynote of most every marketing conference since 2009, and… Continue Reading
This about sums it up. Here’s a story from a couple of years ago: when my wife and I were dating, we drove up the Mississippi from Jacksonville to Minneapolis. Ironically, two years after that trip, we ended up living… Continue Reading
Maturity and professionalism are a thing, yes, but … if we let people “play” at work, we could achieve so much. Continue Reading