Archive for July, 2003

Brilliant, ignored ideas

Thursday, July 31st, 2003

I am a fount of ideas. Although I have no practical experience in business, many of my best new concepts are in the area of new business development. Since my genius has been systematically ignored, I’m going to share some of the best with the Group Mind out there. I have faith that some of [...]

Bro’s and Ho’s

Thursday, July 24th, 2003

I was at my local coffeehouse today and a woman came who turned a lot of heads. She was young, very tan, with one of those spectacularly unrealistic Barbie bodies. Her face was a bit worn from sun and partying. She was on the arm of a spiky-haired and also very tan guy in his [...]

Things that Senior Managers Believe

Thursday, July 10th, 2003

These are canonical beliefs of executive types, which are not to be questioned, and which define their attitudes and behavior. Anyone with a title of Director or above in a company, and many business owners, subscribe to this dogma.

I am a member of a privileged caste. This status is permanent, and results from my having [...]

Summertime Sound

Monday, July 7th, 2003

What’s on your summer playlist? When the sun gets hot and the days get long and slow, my musical taste gets a bit more conservative. The music that goes well with an iced tea in the backyard on a July Saturday is a certain subset of the usual rotation here. My list includes:

Brazilian jazz
60s Motown [...]