A number of years ago I had cause to do a little research on workaholism for a class I was taking on “Work and Community.” I remember that one of my sources said that it is not the workaholic [...]
There are only two people on this planet now who make me go weak in the knees in abject admiration when in their presence: Nikki Giovanni and Norm Kerth. They, in many ways, are not alike. [...]
One of the hottest buzz words in many organizations right now is “agile.” We hear about “the agile methodology” and “agile methods.” We hear about scrum, XP, and—far less often—crystal. And we [...]
Somewhere along the lifecycle of the Boomer generation—maybe it was somewhere after the founding of Apple, the rise of the personal computer, and the personal digital assistant, but after the [...]
. . . or woman, either, for that matter. It’s easy to go along living your life enjoying the heck out of it and then wake up, notice where you are, and suddenly realize this is not where [...]
30 years ago, even 20 years ago, it was common to be asked to provide two personal references and two professional references when you applied for a job with a company with which you were not [...]
So, it’s been a while since I’ve posted to this blog. This is apparently “what happens” to most blogs. In my case, the flu, catching up again at work (once upright), and a bit of bump in my [...]
Over lunch as I listened to a very bright, well educated, accomplished and successful woman talk about how she felt pulled apart by all the demands on her I thought about the insanity of balance, [...]
Like so many of you, I often work in organizations that are in a state of change and have been for some time. This state of constant change can be exhausting or exhilarating, but it is often [...]
I have an interest in the sociology of work. I’ve had this interest all my life–well, at least since I was eight, but more about that later. Because of my obsession–and, yes, it [...]
