Leadership, teamwork, democratic workplace
Years ago, I read John Molloy’s Dress for Success (1975). One of his claims stuck with me over the decades. It was his disdain for bow ties. In his eyes, wearing a bow tie was evidence of sneakiness. He admonished the reader to avoid bow ties and those wearing bow ties. If you wanted to…
In January 2014 an unprecedented cultural event involving 30,000 people took place in Riga, Latvia. I wrote about it with photos in a 2014 post, “The Spontaneity of Well-Meaning Crowds”*. What was the event?: The “Grāmatu draugu ķēde” (The Chain of Booklovers) which moved some 2000 gift and duplicate books, hand over hand in a…
A Bear, a Fox, and an Opossum were attacked by an inundation. “Death loves a coward,” said the Bear, and went forward to fight the flood. “What a fool!” said the Fox. “I know a trick worth two of that.” And he slipped into a hollow stump. “There are malevolent forces,” said the Opossum,…
Many years ago I had a secretary. She was a graduate of NYCs Katherine Gibbs School which trained executive assistants. A Gibbs graduate back then was guaranteed a decent job. At the time, most executives had at least one secretary. I hired her in 3 minutes. Once she started, my office and I were never…