When a publication – any publication from anywhere in the world – even hints at something controversial out of President Trump’s mouth, it becomes headline news from every media outlet on Earth. Oftentimes it’s fake headline news. Yesterday, Germany’s WirtschaftsWoche ran the following story, “Trump Wants to Block Daimler From the[…] Read On
I was standing in front of the boardroom, my last slide up on the screen. Everyone knew what was coming. “Is that all you marketing $#*!s know how to do,” my CEO lashed out, “cut prices?” He was fuming. “No, that’s not all I know how to do,” I said.[…] Read On
We are our own worst enemy. Don’t ask me why; I don’t have a clue. Maybe it’s just an unfortunate consequence of the human condition. All I know is the problems we have to deal with at work and at home aren’t nearly as bad as those we create for[…] Read On
As long as there have been insiders, insiders have been leaking to the press. It’s as common in business as it is in politics. Maybe more so. The thing is, people don’t usually leak for the reasons you might think. I’d lay odds that most people think insiders leak because[…] Read On
Remember when the cultural appropriation cops lost their shit and blew up Twitter over a Chinese prom dress? The girl’s response was classic, “To everyone causing so much negativity: I mean no disrespect to the Chinese culture,” she tweeted, “It’s a fucking dress. And it’s beautiful.” PROM pic.twitter.com/gsJ0LtsCmP — Keziah[…] Read On
We used to use research studies to draw scientific conclusions. Now we use data to draw erroneous conclusions and sell books. Sometimes the BS-busters are the biggest BSers. Yesterday I watched a video of a guy explaining why American millionaires have an average college GPA of 2.9. Something about college[…] Read On
Desperately searching for the secret to losing weight and keeping it off? Simple. Get a scale. Eat less than you normally do until you start losing weight. Keep doing that. If that’s too complicated for you, try eating fewer calories than you burn. How can you tell? Remember the scale?[…] Read On