#271: Laboring Under Confusion
Here's a quote that, I hope, will settle the work from home debate: "Whether you work from home or work in the office, it's still labor. And so are you." (The Chief Nonsense Officer. September 2022)
6 Sep 20221min
#270: Make Assumptions Loudly and Clearly (so That We Know What You’re Up To)
I assume that by the time you read this, NASA's latest rocket will be on its way for a trip around the moon and back. Assuming all goes according to plan. (Well, you already know that it did not. Take...
30 Aug 20221min
#269: Thank Goodness Friday Puts You Closer to Monday
Many companies are compromising in the office fight. No, not the fight in the office. The fight about the office. Whether you work there five days a week or stay home five days a week. The most popula...
23 Aug 20221min
268: It’s a Human Quirk To Drive To Save on Gas
Apparently gas prices are dropping. Slowly. Apparently inflation is deflating. Maybe. I hope that means we humans will behave a little less irrationally. Like driving to save on gas.
16 Aug 20221min
#267: Want To Be a Decision Player? First Be a Trusted Performer.
Tell me, who gets to take part in decision-making in your organization? No, I don’t mean who sits in at key meetings. I mean, who is heard and heeded?
9 Aug 20221min
#266: Know Yourself To Stop the Shaking
I recently bit into a juicy, ripe fruit. Have you also been so lucky? Mine was a peach. I mean the fruit was a peach. Although the peach was a peach, if you know what I mean. By fruit I don't mean the...
2 Aug 20221min
#265: Reverse Sexual Harassment at Work
Hot summer weather means lighter and less clothing. But less dress, irrespective of gender, is still a cover. And we are still human enough to judge a body (or a book) by its cover.
26 Juli 20221min
#264: We Too Easily Forget That Obligations Earn Rights
On the fourteenth of July, every year, the French celebrate the storming of the Bastille, the famous fortress-prison. Is it still worth celebrating?
19 Juli 20221min
