Sometimes I think the best advice I can anyone with a job is this: Try not to be an idiot. If people would just use a little common sense in the workplace, business pundits would starve. And we certainly wouldn’t need prescriptive nonsense on what bosses and employees should and[…] Read On
Our culture is obsessed with bullying. Bullying in school. Bullying in sports. Bullying in entertainment. Bullying in the workplace. That’s all well and good when the term has a clear definition and is identified correctly. The problem is, that’s rarely the case, especially in business. And I’m not sure if[…] Read On
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A merger between two public technology companies ends in disaster. Turns out the executives of the company being acquired sugarcoated critical aspects of their technology and the acquiring company’s CEO bought it hook, line and sinker. This is not some sort of[…] Read On
“May you live in interesting times.” – Anon If you’re going to tweet controversial sociopolitical views, there is a chance that you’ll become famous. And if you do, there is a chance it may come back to haunt you at work. And if you then get into altercations at work,[…] Read On
Organizational experts, management profs and business pundits have been wringing their hands over how to deal with millennials at work for over a decade now. Meanwhile, work life goes on as usual. Corporate America’s bigger and more profitable than ever. Frogs haven’t rained down from the sky. What happened to[…] 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
The real reason the great experiment called America turned out as well as it did can be summed up in a single word: competition. Competition for customers, competition for talent, competition for jobs, competition for political office. When we compete on our merits, it brings out the best in us. The[…] Read On