An International House of Pancakes recently opened in Harvard Square. Harvard Square is in the midst of Harvard University, and is populated mainly by college students. It was once a really hip, cool shopping area, and is now occupied almost entirely by banks and huge...
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What is personal integrity?
A friend asked: What is personal integrity? Does a person have personal integrity when their personality is integrated, or what? Interesting question. One meaning is that you act congruently with our values, tell the truth as you see it, etc. This is "integrity" n...
From LinkedIn: Is it good business to screw people? Or should I be “nice”?
I’d like to share with you a LinkedIn exchange I had on the topic of whether Being Nice is a good business strategy.
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Be afraid, particularly of batteries
Have you seen this story? Our Boston leadership (and I use the term loosely) is once again promoting terror, fear, and ineptitude, in one happy package. An MIT student had a "bomb hoax" on her shirt. "Hoax" implies she was trying to pull one over on the police. No,...
Fewer finance jocks are attending business school. GOOD!
An article in the New York Times says that fewer finance jocks are attending business school. All I can say is: Good! In fact, it's good for everyone. The Wall Street jockies whose only real interest is in making a buck can go make their money unimpeded by anything...
Remembering everyone else who died on 9/11/2001
Today is September 11, 2007. There are plenty of people out today, celebrating the firefighters, rescure workers, and World Trade Center denizens who lost their life in the terrorist attack of 9/11. My friend from business school, Andy Kates, was one of those. The...