Over a 20 year career, I’ve accumulated a closet full of people who would never want to work with me, ever again. Let’s call it a small coat closet. I imagine this closet in the foyer of a modest middle class Pasadena house. It could probably hold about 3 people. Maybe 4, if they crowed […]
On learning to be my own boss. On being the boss of other people. Having a domineering mother, or older sibling. Birth order studies, interview questions, you won’t know until you’re in the heat, in the thick of it. Family dynamics as they play out in the workplace. Where we come from informs the present, […]
Accountability – Rodger Evans Culture – Kate Rutter Bullshit – Doug Beckers Underpaid – Alex Cason
Traffic Patterns. I don’t know about you but I like my personal space, even when driving. Imagine you’re on the freeway. Have you ever noticed how cars move in packs? There are clusters on the freeway and (I’ll have to reference some other science to prove this is true) but I’m sure there is a […]
So, by now everyone has seen the new Barbies. They’ve released a curvy Barbie, a tall Barbie, a petite Barbie and a a few others that I will look up later. The point is that Barbie is trying to be a little bit more realistic with the body measurements of real women. It seems as […]
I’m working for myself now and I have to admit I am THE WORST boss I have ever had. I don’t plan ahead strategically, I expect the work to be stellar but I don’t ask for help or provide the time for proper training. I sit down and I expect myself to just shit it […]
I’ve got a side gig that I do for fun at Shoreline Amphitheater. I’ve been doing it for about 15 years now because I love music, get to see free shows and …. I do backstage catering and dressing rooms. (I think it would be cool in this part to talk about different riders for […]
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 […]
When I start a new job I like to find a work husband. A work husband is a person that I can eat lunch with, someone I can ask about other things not related to my job that are none of my business but I am curious and need to know. Ideally this man sits […]