I have a headache. No, I’m not avoiding sex. Don’t be ridiculous. Let’s try this a different way. You know how your computer sometimes gets into a processing loop, overheats and hangs up? My head sometimes does that. Actually it does that a lot. Instead of actually dealing with an[…] Read On
After decades of hype over artificial intelligence, machines still aren’t very smart. Despite claims to the contrary, nobody can predict when that will change, least of all IBM CEO Ginni Rometty — or Big Blue’s supercomputer Watson. Rometty said in a recent CNBC interview that IBM’s AI can predict which employees[…] Read On
Loyalty. Seems like an ancient concept, doesn’t it? The foolish notion that a company would ever give a rat’s ass about an employee or vice versa. How retro. When the subject comes up we always seem to imagine some poor schmuck who slaves away for the man for 10 or[…] Read On
Bring your “whole self” to work. That phrase is all the rage in workplace culture. Companies big and small are using it in job specs and ads. But what does that even mean? It means a lot of new-age idiots are getting suckered into another dumb workplace fad like emotional[…] Read On
“People are dying. They are dying.” – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez I guess Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, is sort of bummed that the more folks get to know her and what she stands for the less they like what they see. The latest poll numbers show that 36% find her unfavorable,[…] Read On
The parents indicted in the sweeping college admissions scam are apparently shell-shocked that federal prosecutors are playing hardball. The first wave of scammers to appear in court were offered plea deals with no prison time, but only in exchange for admissions of guilt and felony convictions. And that could cost[…] Read On
I was just reading some interview tips on cnbc.com from “Barry Drexler, an expert interview coach.” CNBC apparently knew he was an expert interview coach because his website is expertinterviewcoach.com. Also the homepage says “Interview Coaching by Barry Drexler – The Expert Interview Coach.” I am not making this up.[…] Read On