Date: November 30th 1965 Location: Cape Canaveral Setting: Interview “Hello Mr. Armstrong. You have a phenomenal resume; I am thrilled to meet you”. “Yes sir, I understand you are looking for somebody to beat the Russians to the moon. Look no further, I am a soldier, an experienced test pilot, and I am…
Who’s got that Kneeling Feeling? The heading rhymes with one of the most poignantly sad popular song “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling” by the Righteous Brothers (Sorry, if you were not born when this song hit the scene; but you should check it out sometime – it is one of the greatest ballads ever over…
I read this book when it first appeared on the market in 2002 and wrote the critique below soon after. Fifteen years later and wiser (I hope), I am absolutely flabbergasted to find out that this shallow, unrealistic, unscientific collection of pop psychology / sociology is still ranked #140 of all two million for…
Ah, the folks at despair.com have it so right (forgive me, “despair” folks, for using your image – but hopefully, I will be directing some more traffic to your site – and how often do you get an endorsement from an ex undercover KGB agent?). In my 30 plus years career in corporate America, I…
There are all kinds of approaches to managing groups of people. It appears that micromanagement is accepted as a valid alternative by many practitioners (not necessarily theoreticians). Ladies and gentlemen – where is the logic in this approach? Just for arguments sake, let us say you are heading an organization with 100 professionals. Assuming that…
