Ah, Monday. But this is a specific Monday! It’s the Monday of Thanksgiving week! (At least in the United States.) So you probably work today, maybe tomorrow, no more than half of Wednesday, and then you’re likely off for the… Continue Reading
In my life, I’ve worked with probably 90-120 people who were true ‘business travel road warriors,’ meaning they’re basically gone Sunday to Thursday every week. This confuses the hell out of me. If you live in Pittsburgh and you’re always flying… Continue Reading
I’m not a CEO or anything — in all likelihood, I never will be — and every company is different (“unique little snowflakes,” just like millennials believe themselves to be!), so who cares what I think about changing your company,… Continue Reading
Even though no one seems to understand their success with living, breathing people — instead attributing it to cash or hand or KPIs or margins or some other BS — Google has long been one of the ‘best places to… Continue Reading
There are differing types of less-than-stellar management, including: The Merry-Go-Round The No-ROI Deliverables Model The ‘Set A Fire, Resolve A Fire, Brag About Fixing It’ Model The ‘I’ll Tell You Exactly How This Needs To Be Done’ Model The ‘Let’s… Continue Reading
Here’s a tricky little thing about work and the future of work: we spent most of the past century building jobs around specialized skills — i.e. “He’s an IT guy!” or “She’s a designer!” — but, in the process, we created a… Continue Reading
The first thing you need to realize whenever anyone discusses a topic like “the future of work” is that said concept varies drastically from A-Place to B-Place in the world. How could someone in an office park in Topeka, Kansas… Continue Reading
I write a lot about the whole notion of people who run around screaming about how busy they are all the time; here are a few samples: You’re probably not nearly as busy as you think Being busy is a… Continue Reading