Sunday, I was watching Justine win the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, flipped the channel and caught the 2000 E Street Band Reunion Tour Concert, Madison Square Garden, on VH1. There they were, Clarence, Bruce, Max, Nils, Steve, Patti, Garry, and Danny Glock living the dream, the home crowd carrying them through Badlands, sending the chorusRead… Read more »

The census defines a bunch of us as knowledge workers. What exactly is knowledge work? Is there a difference between good knowledge work and bad knowledge work? There better be! Last week I took the President of a Scientific Society to meet the Executive Director of a Scientific Foundation. We had a President, an ExecutiveRead… Read more »

We were musing about groups that venerate experience and the those that don’t. That moved into wondering why we don’t see more venerated old-timers. There is a ratio of value between teacher and student, which changes as they mature. Many of us know a grandmother, who can teach us about the world. That goes onRead… Read more »

I really admire the automotive manufacturers’ practice of building dealer networks. They have local coverage of buyers just when those buyers are interested in purchasing. Car manufacturers know they couldn’t get that density of coverage at scale on their own. Here’s a question. Have you ever considered building your dealer network? Well first, we’re unique.Read… Read more »

As a kid, I learned a lot about work driving around with my boss in his plumber’s truck. He was doing the work, sharing his timesaving, worksaving experience. I learned a perspective for thinking I’ve kept and added to for forty years. I shared that with a woman who runs a large insurance brokerage. SheRead… Read more »

Scott Rosenberg’s Say Everything How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming, And Why It Matters is a homecoming book for me. In a history of blogging, he explains why blog time is faster than print time, has great quotes from my forty favorite bloggers, friends, and heroes, and provides a context for some of the knottyRead… Read more »

Story One – A friend is going through a job change. She was working on getting out more, and walked in to an Arlington County job assistance center in Ballston. She wanted to leave invitations for a free job search techniques presentation by a nationally known outplacement consultant that was being given in DC. ARead… Read more »

I don’t know how many times I’ve seen a customer develop world class skills using a tool, going from no presence to a highly customized, effective environment. Then they run beyond the capabilities of the tool. And they have to change. Which is going to cost time. And make everyone have to learn new waysRead… Read more »

I was invited to view a new software product, JAPMS, Just Another Project Management System. I was in a roomful of people who had letters after their names that meant they were experienced project managers. The builders showed us screens that represented projects in multiple views, and multiple projects that rolled up into programs, andRead… Read more »

A friend I started serving on a Board with 30 years ago, has been recruited (at 80!) and is relocating. I heard the story and said, “Somebody should throw him a party!” Not being a party thrower, I asked our executive officer, an eager, hispanic Radar O’Reilly, “How much do I front you to getRead… Read more »