Book Review: "Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever" by Walter Kirn
June 24, 2009
For the last two nights, this 211-pages-page-turner absolutely possessed me. The [not-long-...
Creative Destruction
June 5, 2009
Like ants in a mound, we all sense the vibrations of impending change.
In particular, I a...
Book Review: "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman
May 29, 2009
Once upon a time, in an organization far, far away, I coached a young man who sniffed, "I don't r...
Book Review: "How the Mighty Fall & Why Some Companies Never Give In" by Jim Collins
May 26, 2009
Jim Collins' (or, ahem, Collins's, if I am to be contemporarily correct) reputation...
Gratefulness & Humility
May 24, 2009
As tomorrow is Memorial Day, I hope that all Americans who can... will ap...
The Future of Work
May 22, 2009
The 5/25/09 issue of TIME Magazine had a great, little article on May 21, 2009 For those of you who were kind, curious, and committed enough to devour May 13, 2009
On my last trip to the grea... May 8, 2009
A woman, very important to me, recently shared this story:
"I spent ... May 7, 2009
Workplaces are grapevines; that's just the way it is. Sadly, there are too few except... May 6, 2009 What a difference seven months make. In October, as the unwinding of our world's economy ... May 4, 2009
Sometimes the smallest, simplest things catch my attention. I don't know why, but it ...Purpose, Meaning, and the Good Life
The Redemption of an Angry Team
Sticky Friendships
The Insidiousness of Workplace Gossip
Aesop & Scar Tissue Times
Variety & The Mind