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]
Monopoly-bashing in the new economy
I came across a wonderful blog post today that examines the issue of what it means to be an "engineer" and more specifically, the monopolist position taken by an individual certified engineer laying claim to ownership of a specific class of ... [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]
Top buzzwords the job market uses
In trolling through some old postings, I came across this entry from the LinkedIn blog that gave me pause for consideration. Scanning the list you see the usual suspects one almost expects to see these days on all resumes. When you consider that in ... [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]
“What to do after you’ve made a mistake”
This is a posting from a blog entry on "Tech Republic" that I thought would be useful, re-posted in its' entirety. Not really much to add to this, although I would suggest dwelling on the thought at the end of post: "When someone says they don’t make ... [Continue Reading]
The evolution of entrepreneurship
Came across a great article in one of the Silicon Valley technology newsletters I subscribe to -- guest blogger Steve Blank lays out his somewhat contrarian viewpoint that we (the US specifically, but my read is that it is equally applicable to ... [Continue Reading]
