Marissa Mayer and her leadership team at Yahoo! made news (and waves) last week by announcing to all the Yahoo’ers that the Company was abandoning the typical tech staffing model of “distance working” (whether home-based or alternate geography-based) and returning all employees to the Mothership/Hive model of old. Widely criticized as anti-progressive, anti-parent, Neanderthal command […]
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A New Year’s Resolution….
January 4, 2013 – 1:28 pm
Day #1 back in the office for 2013. I’m starting the year like I always do with my annual “note to self” — a list of people and things that I’m not going to think about or deal with this year. I’ve written previously about the notion that in a world of unlimited communication the […]
My Daily Reading List
November 26, 2012 – 3:50 pm
While I continue working on a post on Winning (and Winners), I thought I’d knock out this request — What’s on your daily reading list ? Before I go to the office in the morning…… USA Today (iPad) — its easy, its quick and its perfect for a scan while the coffee is being made. […]
Holiday Book List — 2012 Edition
November 21, 2012 – 2:22 pm
Just in time for the holidays here’s my reading list for 2012 (In roughly the order I read them). Items I especially liked are noted by “***”. Boomerang — Michael Lewis Back to Work — Bill Clinton ***Stealth of Nations — Robert Neuwirth The Abbey — Chris Culver ***Guerrillapreneur — Mark Peterson The Affair, Bad […]
10 Essentials
November 21, 2012 – 1:26 pm
This is a challenge post to get me to stop working and spend some time again on my blog. You asked for it (thanks Ryan) – my 10 essentials. 1) Filson Passage Tote Bag (www.filson.com) — THE bag I use to schlep stuff back and forth to the office, and as a carry-on briefcase while I […]
Definition of Financial Forecasting
August 30, 2012 – 3:15 pm
While looking for some documents in my (disastrous) home filing system a couple of days ago, I found a 10 year old memo I’d written to one of my officers asking for my definition of a good financial forecast. “What I want out of you in a financial forecast is a credible projection that reflects […]
The American Dream
August 29, 2012 – 12:53 pm
A little over 3 years ago two young men stopped me as I was walking into a local restaurant (they worked in an adjacent strip mall business and had apparently done some R&D). Despite some initial awkwardness, they politely told me they had a business plan they wanted to pursue and asked if I would […]
The New Rules for Doug
August 18, 2012 – 11:18 am
I spend a lot of time working with small businesses trying to help their leaders create a better tomorrow. For the most part I find this enjoyable – I get to work on interesting problems, with interesting people. Sometimes, however, I find it maddening — laden with drama, unresolved issues, protracted battles, terrible people management, […]