There was a time in this country when having an MBA meant something. It was the symbol of an accomplished business leader, a mark of distinction, a sign that said, “this person was willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars and hours in pursuit of a piece of parchment.” Everybody wanted one [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘management’
12/13/2008
That’s No Excuse
08/30/2008
The Problems of Evil
I wish I were an evil genius.
My wife says I don’t qualify … on either count. Which is exactly the kind of snippy comment I wouldn’t have to tolerate if I were an evil genius.
Take a look at a really good, top-level evil genius like Goldfinger or Dr. Drakken or that guy who invented [...]
08/04/2007
Mission Briefing
Your mission – and you don’t have any choice about accepting it – is to go under deep cover and penetrate one of the most ruthless, politically charged environments in the world today … a typical American Business Office. Should you succeed in infiltrating this complex and frequently chaotic organization, your objective is to accomplish [...]
05/02/2007
Annual Report
Take a new job at any company in America — from stock boy at a ‘Mom and Pop’ grocery store to janitor for the CIA’s Division of Double Secret Incarcerations — and I guarantee that within a day you’ll hear two things from your employer. First, someone will say you’ve joined “a fast-paced team environment.” [...]
11/05/2006
Business Writing
From what I can see there are two ways to become insanely wealthy as a writer; pen a best-selling novel or publish a business advice book.
These days most best-selling novels deal with globe-and-time-spanning conspiracies, or dueling magicians, or failing marriages, or dueling marriages and failing conspiracies, or failing magicians and dueling conspiracies. I don’t think [...]
