Musings of an HR Guy…Connecting the Dots
Sitting in the waiting area of the neighborhood clinic. Laid low by a nasty cough and a related witch's brew of seasonal ailments...just as I was congratulating myself on my hardiness this sick season. Fatima's having her happy meal next to me. Our recent fast food forensics have revealed a couple of reassuring facts with... Continue Reading →
My experience and observation of innovation cultures has led me to classify approaches to driving innovation in two broad categories, which the title of this post rather obliquely refers to. One approach is characterized by a focus on creating major breakthroughs, the giant leaps forward, which typically involve creating some form of deliberate organizational tension,... Continue Reading →
There’s more than just a maritime connection between these two enigmatic contemporaries, one fictitious and one real. Captain Ahab sailed the Pequod, hunting an elusive white whale; while Darwin sailed the Beagle hunting elusive anatomical homologies in search of a theory that could explain the march of life on earth. But I wonder if anyone... Continue Reading →
Notes to Self 