Year 2016
I have a distinct memory from the school playground when I was in the fifth grade. It was recess and Cathy E. and I were captains picking teams for our lunchtime softball game. Obviously I grew up in a time… Continue Reading →
There are many good sources online and in print for advice about what interview questions to prepare for and the best ways to answer them. Instead, I’m going to focus on what it means for our professional and self-development when we take the… Continue Reading →
The differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain. From Ericsson et al in Talent is Overrated, Geoffrey Colvin At various points in my life I had to… Continue Reading →
This musing is not the usual commentary about privilege and power. There are better sources for a conversation about how being white (which I am), educated (which I am) and middle class (which I am now) confers unearned privilege to… Continue Reading →
In what I believe was a compliment, a former boss once told me that I was someone who wasn’t afraid to “put the dead fish on the table.” He is Canadian, which explains a lot. His point was that I… Continue Reading →
Covering our ears is a universal human response for blocking out unwanted noise. When we’re children, we literally stick our fingers in our ears, most especially when being told not to do what we’re doing. Yelling “I can’t hear you!”… Continue Reading →