Managers vs. Makers: An Activity for Understanding
In Part 1 of this two-part series on Manager’s Time vs. Maker’s Time, I distinguished between two different orientations towards the workday that arise from the different types of work people do: the manager’s time and the maker’s time (a maker is anyone on a business team whose job is to create a product or […]
Employee’s Sticky Fingers (Workplace Theft)
Have you ever eaten a meal so delicious that you force yourself to save a portion of it to enjoy the next day? You carefully pack the flavorful masterpiece and head off to work eagerly anticipating the moment when you will once again be able to enjoy the delectable piece of happy. At lunchtime, you […]
Spring Cleaning Tips For Your New Job & Career
The robins are back, daffodils in bloom, and those tiny soldier ants are beginning to lay siege on the kitchen. Spring has officially sprung (at least in my part of the US, my condolences to the North.) With winds changing we will often start filling our evenings and weekends with household and yard projects. There […]
The Future of Work Is Contained In Your Smartphone
How many of you have had to travel with a laptop? It is a pain in the neck to do so. You have to make sure you have all the appropriate cords and plugs. Some people will travel with a keyboard and some even travel with an additional monitor. TSA has made taking your computer […]
What Is the Twitter Trust and Safety Council?
While Buzzfeed was breaking the news that Twitter’s long-rumoured new algorithmic timeline would be debuting soon, Twitter was busy announcing its new Trust and Safety Council. #RIPTwitter dominated and continues to dominate the conversation on and about the social network this week, with the council’s announcement taking a backseat – or perhaps even more aptly, […]
Is This the End of Twitter…Or Just the Beginning? #RIPTwitter
Two thousand and fifteen definitely wasn’t Twitter’s year and this year, 2016, isn’t shaping up any better. The troubled social network has experienced more lows than highs in recent months including the loss of its only black engineer, the return of Jack Dorsey as CEO, rumors of an increase in post length from 140 to a […]
