On Sunday, I searched and searched for hours and finally found them: my official solar eclipse glasses. The forecast for the following morning — the big day of the Great American Eclipse — was sunny and clear. I fell asleep imagining a spectacular otherworldly event. The moon eating the sun.[…] Read On
My first boss in the tech industry was a highly respected engineering manager named Dick. A former college football lineman who looked just like Mr. Clean but without the earrings, Dick tried his best to teach me lessons that I was unfortunately too arrogant to appreciate. The big guy had[…] Read On
I was intrigued by an article in yesterday’s Harvard Business Review entitled “What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity.” The author is Stefanie Johnson, a biz school prof who studies the intersection of leadership and diversity and the effect of unconscious bias on evaluations. The piece starts with a[…] Read On
Watching an NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New York Jets, I couldn’t help but notice the glaring difference between their head coaches. It was a study in contrast: The Seahawks’ Pete Carroll (pictured above) was as excitable and animated as the Jets’ Todd Bowles was stoic and[…] Read On
Weber now has a smart grill including an app that allows lazy control freaks to remotely monitor how things are going without having to lift the hood. The aptly named iGrill, which Weber acquired from iDevices last year, tells you when your meat is done and takes the guesswork out[…] Read On
There was a time when a nice man robbing you at gunpoint would have at least given you a choice: “Your money or your life.” Funny thing is, you’d have a hard time spending your money if you were dead. As decisions go, it’s sort of a no-brainer. Having never[…] Read On
Kim Jong-un is a real problem. To truly appreciate the North Korean threat, you have to understand the geography of the Korean peninsula. Years ago, I had a meeting fall apart at the last minute on the back end of a business trip to Seoul. I’d been to South Korea[…] Read On