“I want a new website.” There is a certainty in the eyes and voice that pushes back my objections. “That’s what we need. Here is what we
Ask for help.
We are kind, thorough and ready when you are. You just need to ask.
If your mission, your reason for being in the world—regardless of weather you are a nonprofit, a for-profit, a museum or an educational institution—is good, then you
The warning label which works contrary to our tendency toward optimism and self-indulgence misses the potential leverage point because the possible event of a future consequence can
Always knowing that you can easily find out anything you might want to know without actually having to recall it is really quite new. It strongly undercuts
In August I took a two week vacation during which I was totally disconnected—off of emails, phone calls, any kind of electronic communication. I became (by the
One of our new designers is fresh out of school and exudes talent and potential. She also spent her first few working days instant messaging her friends
In my working career, I have taken many types of vacations. They have ranged in duration from a rather luxurious 6 weeks to nothing at all, and
Probably the two most valuable things that have happened to me as a business person were:
1) Being laid off from a corporate job and having to
What impresses me most about nuclear materials is the inhuman scale of their behavior. For example, what does it mean that some radioactive materials, like Plutonium 244,
“Reason should investigate its own parameters before declaring its omniscience.”
(Immanuel Kant)
When I was in junior high school, I remember being both arrogant and stupid. I