About twenty years or so ago I had a disagreement with a co-worker about a project we were working on. We were on deadline and I had three ideas I wanted to submit but he kept trying to stall because he said the three ideas I had come up with weren’t thought out and vetted… Continue reading Do Great Ideas Require Loose Cannons?
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Remember When Truth Killed Reality
The first time I moved to Texas I received a 15 minute long education about the way things were in Los Angeles as understood by a man who had never been there before. My education began during happy hour at a Saltgrass Steak House in the Fossil Creek neighborhood of Fort Worth. The California plates… Continue reading Remember When Truth Killed Reality
Everyone Knows Better Than You Do
Earlier this week I read an article about a university professor who was attacked for things they said on their private Facebook page. The commentary in question was almost two years old and was only discovered because someone went digging through the offenders Facebook updates. I can’t tell you what prompted the research. Can’t say… Continue reading Everyone Knows Better Than You Do
What Happens When You Have No Time To Teach?
Three weeks ago I listened to a man yell into his cellphone about how he refused to hire anyone who didn’t know how to do XYZ because he was too busy to be a baby sitter. It wasn’t my choice to listen to this particular conversation but we were stuck in a waiting room and… Continue reading What Happens When You Have No Time To Teach?