I'm just reading Ricardo Semler's fascinating book from 1993 -- it's his story of building and running the large Brazilian conglomerate Semco. The book is "Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace, and only 72 pages into ... [Continue Reading]
Why work doesn’t happen at Work (TEDtalk)
Just viewed this interesting TEDtalk from Jason Fried, who is the co-founder of 37signals. The talk lays out Jason's views on why it is so hard to get work done in a formal office setting, and anyone who has worked -- or is working -- in a ... [Continue Reading]
Monopoly-bashing Redux: university edition
A reader's comment on my earlier blog post Monoply-bashing in the New Economy starting me ranting on and on about the ironic nature of "higher education" institutions that present one face to the public but manage their operations in a totally ... [Continue Reading]
Career Tip: Don’t be an a**hole!
This "career tip" probably seems very straightforward as obvious advice -- we don't like assholes and nobody should aspire to be one. However, this advice comes from a significant lesson learned in my own career many years ago; it's a real story that ... [Continue Reading]
Career Tip: Work to Put Yourself out of Your Job
OK. I admit that the title might be a bit confusing -- why the heck would you want to put yourself out of a job? What kind of "career tip" is that? In fact, it is one I believe strongly in, and when I look back over my own career I realize that this ... [Continue Reading]
“Corporate Social Responsibility” is a fundamentally flawed concept
The vast majority of business practitioners that I have met and worked with throughout my career are caring, honest people who one would generally regard as striving to be morally and ethically responsible. They don’t particularly want to run ... [Continue Reading]
Wal-Mart, me, and “green” consumption
Wal-Mart fascinates me and, in terms of it's relentless growth in size and scale, it also concerns me somewhat. It clearly has the market power to strongly influence consumption choices and to drive any kind of business practices throughout its' ... [Continue Reading]
Measuring the intangible…
A new subscriber to this blog (thank you, renju87!) had this TED talk posted on their blog and brought it to my attention. The speaker is Chip Conley (CEO of American boutique hotel company "joie de vivre") and this TED talk dates back to mid 2010. ... [Continue Reading]
Networking & the “credibility threshold”
I came across a great blog entry this morning which I wanted to share here as it has a great deal to do with how job searchers have to build credibility in the early stages a networking activity before people will be receptive to their message. ... [Continue Reading]
The confusing world of labeling
I came across this article today in the TreeHugger newsletter and it got me thinking (again) about the general challenge of desiring accurate, meaningful, and useful labeling to aid us in our role as active consumers. What I find most interesting is ... [Continue Reading]
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