Category: Observations & Ideas

10 things companies don’t want to pay for but employees need.

lunch breaks work / office space vacation time   health benefits unemployment insurance worker’s compensation retirement plans training cell phones / office lines / internet for work higher salaries

The Netflix Slide Deck, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Netflix slide Deck has been called the most important document to come out of Silicon Valley. It has some very good and bad in it…

How to get A $30,000 PhD in Bacardi Part III: Lessons Learned

So what are the takeaways? If you have read Part I and Part II then you know the framework for the story of Piedmont Cruises and Dr. Bacardi. So let’s take a look at some […]

How to get A $30,000 PhD in Bacardi Part II: Good Food

Part II of a three part story about the usefulness of a PhD.

Feeling Trapped

There are so many ways we trap ourselves.

OE: English Bulldogs are very loud snorers.

Finally working in the new office and something is making it hard to concentrate…