Business Success and Employee Happiness
Business success and employee happiness are related. So, why do so many famous CEOs ignore this fact in their quest to maximize shareholder value?
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Category: Just-Saying
Every Day Is Halloween
Startups by their very nature defy convention. Yet, unconventional job postings giving the impression that every day is Halloween may be a step too far.
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How to Improve Social Media?
How to improve social media? It’s a good question, the answer to which doesn’t involve asking US social media users to participate in a two day boycott.
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People Are Our Most Important Asset
Strange as it may sound in this age of increasing automation, gig work, and executive pay, people still are a company’s most important asset.
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Opprobrium: Element #119
Some say there is no such thing, yet opprobrium, in the form of bad publicity, is quite common. It may even be good for business.
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No Savings in Daylight
It is doubtful that Daylight Savings Time, especially in its extended schedule, saves energy. The EU may eliminate it; the US should consider doing the same.
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Tales from the Entrepreneurial Wilderness
Tales gleaned from many years working with entrepreneurs. Most of these inventors/company founders were quite reasonable. This blog is not about them.
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Arrivederci Roma
Thinking about applying for EU citizenship? Beware of unreliable family stories, lost genealogical records and renounced allegiances to long dead kings.
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Find My iPhone
The next time you’re traveling overseas, consider these hard earned lessons. Find My iPhone is a great app, just make sure you are able to use it.
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Anchors Aweigh
Anchoring behavior is the reliance on old data in the face of new, contradictory information. It is a cognitive bias frequently observed in startups.
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Corporations Are People Too
Corporations are people too, especially in their obituaries. People don’t “die” and companies don’t “fail.” We have more acceptable terms to describe their . . . . passing.
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Business Ethics, Gray Areas
Ethical choices are not always obvious or easy. Sometimes one makes decisions that, in retrospect, may seem wrong.
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