Today is the 20th anniversary of my mother’s death. Every year January 27th is a day of reflection for me because of this, but some years are obviously a little bit more reflective than others. Predictably, the 20 year mark is one of those. Background: On December 30th, 1988, my mother got test results back [ Read More ]
The San Francisco Bay Area is a unique place. And like all unique places, it will leave its finger print on its natives — often so strongly that other natives will recognize the signs, even on the other side of the planet. What is always a bit unexpected, however, is when you venture away from [ Read More ]
The words every man dreads hearing from his wife: “Does this dress make me look fat?” I’ll skip past the endless stream of jokes that have arisen regarding this quintessential battle-of-the-sexes cliche, and cut to the chase: what are you looking for when you ask someone for feedback? And, just as importantly, what do you [ Read More ]
Throughout my career I have held roles with all kinds of titles, but in the end, at my core, I am a project manager. That is how I see myself and how I tend to identify, no matter what my formal title. And it’s for a very, very simple reason: there is one constant in [ Read More ]
I hate the phrase “work-life balance.” I truly can’t stand it. I think it’s a b.s. phrase that is one of those organizational design notions that sounds really, really good, but in truth is so vague that everyone has their own definition, leaving no consensus on any kind of standardized meaning. Implications of Being “Even” [ Read More ]
This week a dear friend and mentor commented to me that he had become “a poster-child for social networking fatigue” and that was why, while catching up by phone, he was giving me the last six months worth of updates on his life, many of which were pretty dramatic and a little surprising. I had [ Read More ]
Watching all of my co-workers drag themselves into work this morning (green, exhausted and in pain), after a late night of partying (to say good-bye to two employees who left this week for other opportunities), has got me thinking again… Since arriving at my current job, I have found myself in a new and rather [ Read More ]