7.6 tons of cocaine was seized in Peru recently. That’s somewhat important.

It’s not important in the context of “stopping the drug trade” — that’s not actually going to happen — but it is important in terms of this:

Where can you get the cheapest flight from?

We have some science behind when you should book travel to get the best discounts, and now we have a little bit of science around where you should fly from. Of course, the latter is a little bit restrictive, as people tend to fly… Continue Reading →

Should Human Resources optimize the talent or the organization?

There is possibly no more discussed topic in the Human Resources world than “getting a seat at the table” or “becoming a strategic business partner,” (can be said in other ways as well) which essentially means “being thought to add… Continue Reading →

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Why meetings are awful

Most gatherings of business teams are utterly devoid of proper context. Here’s why. Continue Reading →

How old and experienced is an average CEO?

In the fall of 2012, I had a semi-interesting conversation with a kid I was going to graduate school with. At the time, I think I was 31; the other person in question was 24. We were both males. The… Continue Reading →

55 percent of employees are eating during conference calls (and more fun stats)

One of my least-favorite expressions in the cubicle world is “hop on a call.” Anyone that’s been on a series of conference calls knows that they’re pretty off-task affairs, in general: it’s highly probable that over 60 percent of the people… Continue Reading →

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 →

Humans and Neanderthals may have overlapped in Europe for 5,400 years

These numbers are way different than what we thought earlier, and speaks to the idea of interbreeding. Continue Reading →