Topic
Best Practices
A collection of 5 issues
Many Jobs are Boring, and That’s Okay
First of all, I hope the Americans among my modest readership have recuperated from the turkey-induced torpor of yesterday’s orgiastic feasts. In my part of the world, Thanksgiving was not celebrated, but even if it was, I would have forgone the turkey. I mean no offense to those who
Personal Reflections on Tariffs and the Law of Unintended Consequences
I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood. Nobody in our area had much money, except for a few people who might have been connected to organized crime, and I assume they did what they could to hide evidence of prosperity and to obscure the provenance of any alleged ill-gotten gains.
A Personal Note
About a year ago, a little more than a year into my retirement, I had a conversation about how to go about retiring with a former colleague, who was still employed at the time. We arranged the call on LinkedIn and I took it while I was on one of
Lessons in Chairing Panels
FT Edit published a commentary recently decrying the state of panels and roundtable discussions at conferences and trade shows. It’s a good piece, and I recommend that you read it if you have access to the article and if you have an abiding interest in what can go right