A certain business guru has written a book about how to terrorize your employees. He's promoting it with glee, chortling about the idiocy of "nice" bosses and the importance of bullying employees into following your orders without question. I've worked for some variation on this guy a couple of times. Any effort at conversation about alternatives … [Read more...] about How to Get Your Employees to Sink Your Business
Social Media Workshop: The Imaginary Friends Who Live in Your Typewriter
"Imaginary friends who live in my typewriter" is my friend Gavin's term for people he knows from online. I met Gavin on The WELL and he's a classic example of the friends I've made in online communities--smart, accomplished, and interesting. The WELL has a long tradition of supplementing online community with offline get-togethers. That might be … [Read more...] about Social Media Workshop: The Imaginary Friends Who Live in Your Typewriter
The One Thing You Can’t Afford to Blow Off
I have lots of friends who are entrepreneurs. Some have day jobs as well, others are making a full-time living in their businesses. Some think they "aren't really entrepreneurs" because they run schools or nonprofits. Some are successful and some are struggling, but we've all got one thing in common. We've maxed out our personal resources. Not our … [Read more...] about The One Thing You Can’t Afford to Blow Off
The Toddler’s Guide to Salesmanship
They wreck our stuff, kill our sleep and chase away our non-parenting friends. But we still love 'em and want to take care of them. I've learned a lot about effective persuasive communication from my three-year-old. And it only makes sense. Toddlers are too small to do much, and lack their own credit cards, but they need the same food, shelter, … [Read more...] about The Toddler’s Guide to Salesmanship
