Most of the time I hear someone use the term “revisionist history” it’s used in a negative connotation. This has become ever more the case in the past decade as people discuss the Clinton economy, the Iraq War or 9/11. It has come to mean an alteration of the truth …
Today’s post is about the things I miss from my childhood. It’s also an opportunity for others to pile on with their nostalgic thoughts. First, let me clarify that I am only talking about the things that bring me fond memories from that time. This is not a qualitative judgment …
Yesterday I wrote about the nothing fight, so I thought it would be fitting to write about things that matter – and things that don’t. I found myself upset this morning about how others were driving, self-centered and way too aggressive. I know that by driving defensively, for the most …
The comedian Dane Cook does a comedy routine about a couple arguing over ketchup, which he calls the nothing fight. You can find it here (warning- strong language). I bring this up because I hear nothing fights among my colleagues almost every day. I also hear couples (like Dane Cook …
Today was one of those “hard writing” days. As I was searching for inspiration, however, I stumbled across some old notes I had taken during a leadership course on motivation and the impact of leaders. While the thoughts were ones I had read, listened to, and noted several times, a …
So yesterday one of my co-authors raised a number of issues surrounding technology and the future. My intent was to provide my point of view on technology and humanity, but, at the end of the day, I was compelled to comment on the concept of research and discovery. Recently, I …
My coauthors and I often sit around talking about extremely deep, intellectual or philosophical issues in our constant endeavor to apply the combined decades of our worldly wisdom against the toughest problems of our generation. While partaking in this exercise of futility (often based on the dearth of substance but not …
“There is no room for narcissism in public service.” That’s not a famous quote or even an assessment of recent political figures’ behavior. Just a recent thought initiated by the bad behavior in my own organization by an “expert” brought in for his experience and ability to meet the metrics …
Let me start this post by noting how much better things are since I was a kid. I remember watching news stories about Lake Eerie catching on fire from pollution, and just how polluted our major rivers were. You can read about them here, here, and here. The very effective …
Okay readers – let’s get together one more time for another group participation exercise. The previous two participation exercises involved music and film. Let’s follow the same theme and pick our top two fiction books. The idea is that you pick the top books you’ve read and why. We want …