I just read this article in the Atlantic about how the Net has changed the way the article's author thinks. He's wondering what the larger, societal effects will be. Being The Atlantic, he's also savvy enough to realize there may be unintended good consequences that...
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“Self-promoting w/o being a jerk” — good topic?
Today's podcast is about how to be self-promoting without being a jerk about it. I think it's one of my better podcasts. What do you think? Should this be expanded into a chapter (or part of a chapter) in the book? If so, do you have specific examples, questions,...
What if you had $1 billion to spend on a Presidential campaign?
I was reading reports that Michael Bloomberg was rumored to announce his candidacy for President. A friend mentioned that he had reportedly said he would spend up to $1 billion to get elected (no sources were cited). I was thinking: what would you do if you were going...
The world is what you make it; what are you making it?
Chris Matthews was just commenting that Benazir Bhutto's assassination was "a reminder of the dangerous world we all live in." In that moment, it struck me: we all live in a world of our own making. Oh, I don't mean literally, though fans of The Secret may disagree....
Caught off-guard by the CEO? Try integrity. You might like it.
I was just reading a blog post on David Maister's BLOG (David is one of the world's experts on managing professional service firms) about a time he was caught off guard when a CEO publicly questioned his integrity. How should he have responded? What he did was to...
Wow. Does anyone really believe scripted friendship is sincere?
shudder I just called Crowne Hotels to make a hotel reservation. Then I called back to make a slight change. Both times, the account rep greeted me with a chipper, "What is your name so I may have the pleasure of serving you today?" While they sounded friendly, that...
“Bomb hoax” hoax undermines our real emergency response ability
Ok. I can't keep quiet about this any longer. It's driving me nuts. I just read a story titled $2 million US settlement in Boston TV ad bomb hoax. This is a fine example of how the wrong words can do damage, even when intending to inform. "Bomb hoax" implies intent to...