Tag: Busines
The Great Risk Shift
For over 100 years companies have gotten better and better at shifting risk onto the professional. Here are some ways they do it.
Continuing Education from the educators point of view
How does a traditional university educator see Continuing Education in the information age?
Masks and the Work Environment
Are the professional masks we wear a good thing or a bad thing?
A PhD in Bacardi: Repost
Here is a reworking of one of one of my early posts. It’s a story about a PhD who had to sell vacations to pay off student loan debt.
When Uber becomes Lyft, and why both are putting Professionals out of a Job.
Uber and Lyft are masters at driving productivity, so again, why do you need management?
Review vs. New: Do you really need to change things?
You should be cautious when you take a new position and part of the recruiting process included a call for change.
How Deep Fried Twinkies Can Destroy Dreams
Deep Fried Twinkies at Walmart are a sign of how corporations lose sight of the big picture.
Algorithmic Management
Q: What is the scariest thing that exists for Professionals? A: Algorithmic Management!
Carrot and Stick
There is an imbalance in who has the ability to use both the carrot and stick.
The Quest for Independence by the professional: Part I Why do we do it?
Companies aren’t in business to be nice or fair



