Sean Connery made his name as secret agent, James Bond. Fifty years later, a dozen actors have played the suave 007. And now, the search is on for number thirteen. Stars get swapped out like interchangeable parts. And fans don’t seem to mind. Look how many actors have squeezed into Batman’s tights. NBC shuddered when …
You shuffle into the meeting room and are already dreading it. Here comes another tedious PowerPoint presentation. Objective, Strategy, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Diagram, Graph…your eyelids are getting heavy. When it comes to presentations, I follow Guy Kawasaki’s “10/20/30 Rule”. As Apple’s Chief Evangelist, he limited PowerPoint decks to 10 slides, in 20 minutes, using …
Are you a creative type? Then you know the thrill of dreaming up big ideas – and the agony when they’re shot down in flames. Still, we soldier on, in search of that next flash of brilliance. Speaking of… After exhausting every ramen recipe, we decided to order out. Not restaurant food, but a supply …
No doubt this is the greatest crisis of our lifetime. But I wonder if there’s a silver lining in this deadly virus. Maybe something positive to help us heal. It’s as if the universe is saying, “I will attack your family, threaten your livelihood, drain your savings and change your world.” It’s hard to wrap …
In a recent blog, I tackled the issue of teleworking, also known as working from home, or WFH. At the time, there was some debate whether the risks outweigh the benefits. Not anymore. The coronavirus ended that debate – teleworking is here to stay. Before the quarantine, working remotely was a back-up plan for most …
When I was in school, if you didn’t believe in science, you got an F. We learned that science is fact-based. It doesn’t care about your opinion, religion or politics. The only thing that can refute science is…better science. Perhaps this coronavirus nightmare will be the tipping point that elevates our respect for science. This …
