I knew there was a part two to this, it just took a couple of days to get it out…
I found the Fast Talk of the March 2005 issue of Fast Company to be particularly fascinating. Since this is Oscar month, they profiled folks who work in the business of moviemaking. While everyone appreciates the [...]

It’s been way too long since my last entry. Reason is I’ve landed a short-term gig with the Smithsonian Institution in downtown Washington, DC. The work is nothing too glamorous, but I get to contribute to a good organization and use some of the expertise I’ve built up over the years.
Getting to work means a [...]

Don Blohowiak at Leadership Now has a post today called Coddlers. He writes about how twentysomethings just entering the workplace are not truly ready for its demands. He calls it the generation influenced by the evil twins called Needy and Fragility:

The managers lament goes something like this: These kids don’t want to take responsibility. They [...]

Perhaps its the frustrated historian in me, but the title for this article in the Christian Science Monitor caught my eye. It’s titled Presidents’ Day Thoughts on Monuments to Decent Lives and written by Joseph H. Cooper. It’s a thoughtful take on the idea of personal biography and what we can leave behind. Nothing is [...]

I absolutely adore Kathy Sierra and her thinking. I have to admit sometimes I’m afraid to visit her blog Creating Passionate Users because I know I’m going to have to think deeply and maybe, just maybe have to rethink some assumptions.
So, on this beautiful, but cold Virginia Saturday morning, I visit and find another thought-provoking [...]