People really love to deify the internal culture of tech companies
Everyone seems to want to work in Silicon Valley (to some extent). Continue Reading
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How do you influence others?
How can you gain influence in your various networks? Turns out there are six keys. Continue Reading
Americans leave 430 million vacation days on the table per year
Americans need to stop worrying about what taking a vacation means for their career and JUST DO IT, BABY. Continue Reading
When should you make work decisions?
I’m a big stickler on this idea that the workday is kind of a mess in terms of how it’s formulated — I’ve written about it here, here, here and here — and now there’s even more research on the… Continue Reading
Is Tampa representative of the American city crossroads?
I have a lot of family in Florida, but admittedly I don’t know a ton about Tampa. I’ve always found that people in Florida tend to disparage areas that aren’t their own — Miami will trash Orlando, and vice versa,… Continue Reading
What’s the most important word for business teamwork?
While we work in teams, we don’t actually do our work in teams — and that’s the rub. Continue Reading
Maybe we should segment the workday more
Here’s a new article in Harvard Business Review. It makes many of the same points that others in the workday-optimization space have made, but this nugget is interesting: People and organizations looking for brave new ideas or significant critical thinking need… Continue Reading
Could a dating website making hiring better?
eHarmony has matched 600K married couples since its inception. Meanwhile, the hiring process in America is a bit of a mess right now. Could eHarmony get into that space — after all, it knows the algorithms that draw people together,… Continue Reading