Looking at my calendar for a given week, I’m struck at how much of my time is consumed by meetings: daily meetings, weekly meetings, bi-weekly meetings, monthly meetings, quarterly meetings, and so on. And those are just the scheduled meetings… (READ MORE)
Two of my favorite quotes from Albert Einstein: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Ok, if… (READ MORE)
I have had the good fortune to work with many talented people through the course of my career — men and women who take pride in their work, and are extremely good at what they do. I have seen some… (READ MORE)
This is an old post from Seth Godin: The false choice of mediocrity Too often, we’re presented with choices that don’t please us. We can pick one lousy alternative or the other. And too often, we pick one. I was… (READ MORE)
The famous quote attributed to Thomas Edison popped into my mind when reading another blog: “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” The common interpretation is that there is a lot of work between coming up with an idea and… (READ MORE)