Word games

I ignored. I refused. I resisted. I gave in. This week I finally fell victim to Words With Friends, the online Scrabble-like word game that has preyed on the minds of virtually everyone who has ever strung together a sentence. It wasn’t that I didn’t think...

Les vacances

My apologies. I should have mentioned earlier that I am on vacation during this week between the Christmas and New Year holidays. I still intend to eke out a few posts, but they won’t be as regular as usual. Next week I’ll be back on a more disciplined...

Stocking stuffers

          I hang up stockings at work for everyone in my department. It started one year on a whim with the simple intent of bringing a bit of festivity into a world full of cubicles. Almost immediately, surprises began appearing...

Show and tell

Last week I spent a great day visiting the Herman Miller company. Part of a small group of people looking for ideas for our new corporate offices, I had expected to see a showroom full of desks, chairs, tables, and filing cabinets presented in a myriad of...

Decision-making

More and more, I believe that true value of management is the willingness to make a decision, any decision in some cases. I don’t think that people necessarily want someone else to tell them what to do, but perhaps they want someone else to shoulder the...