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My Business Muse

People are complex, deal with it

I have contemplated the issue of people in the workplace. Perhaps the most significant problem I see is people are complex, and companies...

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Chickens Roosting

I still get production emails from XXXX company. Lately, the emails have been far less compliance-oriented and more conciliatory. This...

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Learning the wrong lessons

One of my favorite speakers on leadership made a statement with which I am afraid I have to disagree. He stated in the context of...

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Creating a what I care about list (Part)1

Honesty is everything. Treat others as you want to be treated. Be humble in all things. The law of unintended consequences in...

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Life experiences start early

My son has been struggling in robotics this year. After two years of having a friend be a partner, which turned out to be not the best...

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Understanding skills and experience

The lack of understanding of the following quote is a very real issue in today's society. Experience is not gained in a classroom. Skills...

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Employment is a mutual contract

I am listening to the Infinite Game audiobook by Simon Sinek this morning, and in the course of the book, he gets to the responsibility...

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Business climate observation

Pat was talking about three prominent local businesses closing in Manhattan. These are the keys to small business success in today's...

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People into processes

I have been contemplating the issue of people in the workplace. Perhaps the most significant issue I see is people are complex, and...

The essence of sophistication is simplicity. MBM