Who’s more depraved, the guy who claims to be a do-gooder while actually cheating to get ahead, or the political player who snitches on him to look like a do-gooder when in reality he just wants the other guy out of the way? Of course that’s a false ethical dilemma[…] Read On
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Crushing Defeat and Epic Failure: Get Used to It
“Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.” – Steve Jobs Very few people lead charmed lives. Careers, even great ones, almost never shoot straight up and to the right. Instead, they behave a lot like roller coasters, reflecting the ups and downs[…] Read On
Defense Mechanisms and Leadership Performance
It is physically impossible to French-kiss a man who leaves the new roll of toilet paper resting on top of the empty cardboard roll. Does he not see it? DOES HE NOT SEE IT? – Rachel (aka Rita Wilson), The Story of Us Bringing a new head of business development[…] Read On
We Are All Prisoners of Our Own Ideas
The corporate world is no place for the faint of heart. That’s especially true of marketing and sales where, against all logic, more time and effort are spent selling your ideas and fighting to get things done internally than on winning and keeping customers. Inertia is a tough habit to[…] Read On
Big Tech: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Elizabeth Warren wants to break up Big Tech. She says that Amazon, Facebook, Alphabet/Google and Apple are too dominant and that breaking them up will spur competition. U.S. antitrust law doesn’t support her thesis but when has that ever stopped a political power grab? There are no federal laws that[…] Read On
Forget Daylight Saving Time — Live in Your Own Time Zone
Bet you didn’t know that China and India have just one standard time zone despite being enormous countries that span a whole bunch of geographical time zones. Should we do that in America? How the bleep should I know? The amount of media attention given to daylight saving time is[…] Read On
The Case for Climbing the Corporate Ladder
Yeah runnin’ down a dream That never would come to me Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads Runnin’ down a dream – Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Mike Campbell Great careers don’t just happen. You have to make them happen. And sometimes, when things aren’t working, you have to[…] Read On