I’ve almost lost count of how many times I’ve been laid off. (eight times in 23 years) Isn’t that some kind of record?
If I had a nickel for every time a research respondent walked away feeling like they’d been to therapy…I’d be rich.
You know the phrase, “you can’t bullshit a bullshitter?” I’ve always understood this, being a self-proclaimed bullshitter. The only person who can really tell if I am lying is my mother, and even though she thinks she knows, she doesn’t always. In the world of business, I contend that in leadership and bosshood, there is […]
When I was seven, my favorite joke went like this: Two guys sitting on a fence, Pete + Repeat. Pete falls off. Who’s left?Repeat.Two guys sitting on a fence, Pete + Repeat. Pete falls off. Who’s left? Repeat For a seven year old, this was a joyous loop of giggling. For my friends and family, […]
Move the Needle Thread The Needle Disengaged Stakeholders At the End of the Day Bottom Line Ship It Cutting Edge/Bleeding Edge Technology Customer Centric Innovation Disruptive Permission/Forgiveness Rule In 2016 I bought Sarah Cooper’s book “100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings” because it seemed so real and true to what I was hearing in […]
I miss my commute friend. We’d spend 30 minutes some mornings just chit-chatting, getting to know each other. We both sat in the same 2 adjacent seats each day, and there is a certain intimacy that develops when you see the same stranger do the same things that you do everyday for a while. You […]
I can get pretty fired up sometimes, so I’ve been told. Back when I was a young whipper-snapper I worked at a company called Wall Data. This was back before the Internet was used as a business application and Wall Data was a software company that provided desktop PC connection back to the Mainframe or […]
One of the best bosses I ever had was fired from Stubhub, six months after the new CMO was brought in. He suddenly found himself working for a cape wearing fashionista, who wanted to take the marketing budget and peanut butter spread it out evenly throughout the year. He was pretty shocked and was devastated […]