Archive for June, 2010
Movie Magic At Work
Monday, June 28th, 2010
When I was working in Silicon Valley I witnessed the battle of the brains – the left side and the right side which brings me to my latest movie review: “Extraordinary Measures” starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser.
Fraser plays a pharmaceutical company executive who has two children dying of Pompe disease. Harrison Ford happens to [...]
Words Matter
Monday, June 21st, 2010On the recent cover of a popular Human Resource publication is the headline…
Diluted Diversity
“WHILE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION STILL RAGES IN THE WORKPLACE…”
Excuse me…. RAGES???
I’ve been in the field for some time now and I can’t possibly wrap my head around the extremity of this word in the context of diversity. I don’t think that these type of [...]
Take This Job And Shove It
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 There is a current belief that the economic tide is turning and that many employees are poised to tell their bosses, “I quit!”
I’m not buying it. I think we’re along way off from a turnaround. Anyway, I read this article the other day by G. L. Hoffman who believes that the economy is improving and that [...]