So You’ve Been Asked to Come Back to the Office
So you’re going back to work soon, eh? Not to imply that you haven’t been working extremely hard all this time over the past year, your nose to the grindstone three dedicated hours a day […]
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Jobs II
Again, I extend my apologies to Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish for stealing eight out of nine words from the title of that famous short story. It started out as a story called “Beginners” by […]
Help Your Employees Make Better Decisions. Start by Removing All Restrooms.
Periodically, I don my business consultant hat (a stylish Italian grey fedora) to share innovative business strategies to grow your business and improve your employees’ productivity. As a sought-after business process improvement expert and author […]
TGIT – Thank God It’s Tuesday
For several years, every November and December, I experienced three-day work weeks thanks to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Due to the shortened workweeks, I had to be extremely focused, making efficient use of my […]
My Weekly Business Report – Retirement Edition
Until this past July, for the previous four decades, I had always worked in business. I was routinely required to submit reports on my progress: Sales forecasts, pipeline analyses, business plans – you name the […]
The Day the Coffeemaker Exploded
Inspired by “The Night the Bed Fell,” by James Thurber One of the most memorable days of my working life occurred the day I made the coffeemaker blow up. A couple of people in the […]
Unicorn Bites 10/22/13
I have friends who walk anywhere that’s less than two miles from their house. If I could, I’d drive from my living room to my kitchen. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) October 22, 2013 […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember: The Workplace
It isn’t advisable to tell your boss to take the project he just assigned you and shove it up his ass. He might shove it up yours instead. It would be awfully embarrassing to have […]
A Stand Against Reverse Sexism
Every year, network television producers have a challenge laid before them: to break new ground on sitcoms with the same tired Tim Allens and former Roseanne kids. One way is to go with the familiar, […]