Being betrayed by those around you is just no fun. I was watching the finale of Bravo's reality-based TV show, "Top Chef" the other night. The finalists were Tiffany and Harold. Tiffany lost. Her food was good. She took some risks, and some of her dishes paid off. But...
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New newsletter: Why we don’t face facts … but should
This month's newsletter went out yesterday. The topic: Why we don't face facts ... but should. My newsletter contains articles not available anywhere else. Subscribe today at: https://www.steverrobbins.com/newsletter.
How far ahead do you plan?
As I write this, oil prices topped $78. In January of 2005, gas was selling for around $1.75/gallon. Now, it's over $3. For any business that depends on transportation or petroleum, we just doubled that line item. Are you assuming this is a temporary spike, and...
Motivate each person according to their values!
A friend just sent me this link about how to be a Technical Lead. It is written for technical people by a technical person, but it really applies to anyone running a company that depends on technologists. Especially note "Mistake #2," which discusses motivation. One...
Stever on NBC Nightly News, Tuesday, June 20th
Hey, I'm going to be on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams on Tuesday night, June 20th. Dawn Fratangelo and I will be discussing how to deal with email overload. Make sure to tune in!
Make Your own Luck – a great guide for decision-making under uncertainty
I just finished Make Your Own Luck by Eileen Shapiro and Howard Stevenson. What a great book! My background is in engineering and science, then business. As an engineer, I really liked that there's a "right answer." Or at least, there are clear wrong answers (the...
Work Stupid, Get Promoted
Welcome to 21st Century Business - We'd like to think working smart will bring us kudos. But what if your boss won't let you? Stever explores reasons you might not be able to work smart, no matter how much sense it makes.
Ernst and Young reveals 243,000 credit card numbers. And they call themselves auditors?
Oops. Ernst & Young just let the personal data and credit card numbers of 243,000 HOTELS.COM subscribers get stolen, via that old standby: a stolen laptop. And these people call themselves auditors, supposedly qualified to judge the accounting integrity of...
Walk Left, Stand Right. Creating a culture through action and thought.
Creating a culture or a community is more than simply spouting values or saying “We’re all in this together.” (The embedded player may have trouble playing this segment, so you may wish to download and play the mp3 file.)
Is Google stock overvalued? How would we know?
A friend wrote: “… and I thought Google was overvalued at $150!” She was implying that it must not have been overvalued, since it’s currently selling for so much more. I decided to whip out my amateur finance knowledge and see if she was right. Here’s a sample of a few different ways of valuing a stock. […]