A friend of mine recently recounted a story at her work that sums up Unspoken Business Rule #4 very well: never question anything. She works at a large format printing company. They do things like bus banners and big signs for trade shows. Stuff like that. So, their biggest expenses
In the middle of just about every conference room where budget decisions are made sits a big, fat elephant. People sometimes glance at it or whisper to their peers about it but it gets little airtime. The elephant is named, “Use It Or Lose It.” This is an unspoken business
One of the reasons that the corporation is generally opposed to collective bargaining is because it empowers workers and balances the power equation. Unspoken Business Rule #3 maintains that the business must maintain power over its workers. Employee Salary – A great illustration is the fact that though the company knows
It’s been eight years since I began my life as a professional in the American workplace. Most of my time (95%) has been spent as a management consultant. Management consulting just means providing advice to those in charge of running a business. So, that’s what I do. As
Mind
Throughout history, human beings have sought to understand the meaning of dreams. The ancient Egyptians believed dreams possessed oracular power in the Bible, for example, Joseph`s elucidation of Pharaoh`s dream averted seven years of famine. Other cultures have interpreted dreams as inspirational, curative or alternative reality. During the
Matthew
I went to Pacifica’s open house. The place was magical, and I knew that’s where I wanted to go to graduate school. I slept on campus the first night and woke up early the following day.
Matthew
There is nothing quite like standing at the edge of an open airplane door at 15,000 feet waiting to jump. The moment of truth. When you’re feet leave the platform and you realize what you’ve done, it’s as close to Zen as you’ll ever experience.
Matthew
Week one – it’s almost over. After hearing the client call me the overall project manager for their enterprise-wide data warehousing project … I threw up all over her. Well, not really, but I felt like it. Even after the weekend chewing all the nutmeg I could get my hands on
Mind
In humanity’s history, we find the deepest lessons to learn. In 1816, the French frigate “Medusa” shipwrecked near Morocco. The remains of the ship served as the only raft that maintained 149 people without direction for more than 27 days. The dramatic experience impelled a painter to carry out
Myth
This is a very interesting topic and I find myself wondering exactly where Campbell’s ultimate passions were. The first image that is called to mind is Campbell’s rather amazing recounting of a story he read in a Hawaiian newspaper (source: Power of Myth). It was about a guy
Thinking
Humor is one of the most under-discussed, unexplored, and undocumented everyday phenomena I know of. Bergson was actually one of the few philosophers in history to take up the difficult task of analyzing what makes us laugh. Ironically, his findings are rather dry and philosophical but he does give his