Stories in two quite different publications caught my eye this week. First I came across a story in the New York Times by Maureen Dowd called "Stars and Sewers". Then I noticed an article in the Wall Street Journal by Shirley Wang called "Get Out of My Way, You...
I'm writing a book. For someone with my inclination towards right brain thinking about the big picture, it's quite the exercise in alternate reality. Luckily I have an exceptional Book Dominatrix keeping me on track and whipping me into meeting deadlines she sets for me. But this is a...
We all have many things we know. The older we get, the more these things we know become entrenched in our thinking...and guide our actions. And the more we know, the less we're open to new ideas...the less we evaluate what we know to determine if it's really true. ...
We've all been watching what's going on in the various dictatorships of North Africa and the Middle East since Tunisians rose up in anger. As I write this, Egypt looks like the next country that's going to throw out its authoritarian president. Protests have started in other countries in the...
Yesterday I flew back to Birchrunville from St Barth. Luckily I managed to snag a first class ticket. Soon after the flight took off, I experienced the most amazing exhibit of irrationality and customer insensitivity. As many such things do, it got me thinking about leadership...or lack thereof.
My seatmate, a...
A few weeks ago...last December 7 to be exact...I wrote Imagination...The Cure For Stuckness. I was thinking about how many people seem to be caught in a box they can't break out of. They see no options but those already in use.
So I offered a few ways to expand...
On December 21 I wrote a post called...What's Your Value? It recounted the exceptional experience I had at the Capital Grille in King of Prussia Pennsylvania. I think that you should always let people know when they provide exceptional service both as a way to reward them and also...
For reasons I don't understand, many organizations miss the fact that everything you do exemplifies who and what you are...and what you'll be like over the long haul. I got thinking about this as I participated in helping a manufacturing client evaluate the prospective vendors for installing a completely new ERP...