The desire to have your employees fully connected to all the latest communication tools is killing productivity. Who even has time to look at Facebook at work anymore? Moreover, if you didn't see this coming, well, then you've been hiding in a closet for the last ten years. Also, I...
INFJ: Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Judgement. Over 20 years ago a company I worked for asked the employees to participate in a Myers Briggs assessment, and I spent years ignoring the actual evaluation. I had zero interest in someone classifying me into four letters. My feeling was that no test...
A Boss vs. Employee occurred in front of me the other day, spewing out of an office, into an open workspace. Classic. I have not only been here, but I was both the boss and the employee at different times. Brings back so many memories of how much I needed...
Throughout the years, my very own cycle of sleep will drive the hours within a day that I can anticipate being productive. Some months I sleep very little, waking at insane dark hours to jump into the office and start the day, other months a 1000 start is excellent, with...
The latest marketing misstep is making the social media rounds, with outroars of "OMG, what were they thinking?" and "I hope someone gets fired for this." H&M released kids hoodies that include a reference to jungle antics, and it all comes down to the picture of the coolest monkey and...
A few years ago, I worked with a particularly out of touch CEO, one who experienced a high employee turnover during the previous 12-months. It still baffles me how proud that they were about cleaning house, and the thorough justification I received for each round of exits. While explaining how...
Each year we step across a line between December 31st and January 1st, a line that we imagine clears all the struggles, fears, and pain that occurred during the previous year. Here we are on the first business day of 2018, and it’s a perfect point in time to place...
WOW. Facebook reminded me that 6-years ago, today, I caught a red-eye flight that ended up putting a detour in front of my vision of the future. The picture is from the day I departed, while I was running around sunny San Diego on my bicycle. Many friends didn't know...
The week started in Bangkok, finishing up an epic two-week trip that allowed me to explore new opportunities throughout Asia. Days before the flights back to San Francisco, I mapped out the perfect plan to transition back into the Pacific Time Zone with zero pain. There was the layover in...
Here I am in Bangkok, and a new challenge surfaced with an agreement back in the States. I had to read the email repeatedly, which is pushing the timeline has once again, this time for up to 8 months. My immediate response was emotional, in that, in a flash, everything...
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