Tag: Caustic Competition
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.
What Makes a Great Business College? | (Is there any such thing?)
Interesting post from The EvoLLLution.
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 Economist: Where are the middle managers
In my long form writing project I’m at a point where i’m on the corporate environment chapter. One of the books main thesis is that Professional Individual Contributors (PIC’s) exist in a world with little […]
The Quest for Independence by the professional: Part I Why do we do it?
Companies aren’t in business to be nice or fair
New Blood, Bad Blood: The Systematic Elimination of Internal Promotions
“We need new blood” means someone is out for blood!
ROWE, ROWE, ROWE your PIC
What is one more way to make a professional into a contractor?
You MUST make sure you understand your environment in the Professional World
It is critical to understand your work reality or you will be tremendously unhappy!



