Say what you will, [tag]David Kelley[/tag] is a genius. He is the brains behind some of the most popular TV series of the last decade or so…and a master writer. So, on his [tag]Boston Legal[/tag] last night, [tag]Denny Crain[/tag] ([tag]William Shatner[/tag]) and Allen ([tag]James Spader[/tag]) are having their end-of-the-day cigar, when Denny says, [tag]“Hope springs [...]

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I have a friend who is a master networker. Literally, he works a room like a bad politician who can’t remember all his pork barrel commitments, flitting from one group to another, thrusting his hand out and saying, “Hi, I am Harvey MacKay,” (OK, he’s not actually Harvey MacKay, but you get the point.) He [...]

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Today, I read an interesting article from some product designer-types at Core77 . The “Ain’t it awful” phenomena seems particularly strong to me lately.  It sure seems like the first thing we all think about is not how good something is, but how WE would make it better.  Maybe it simply because we are a [...]

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Scott Jagodzinski is a friend and board member who  has built and sold a couple of companies.  He is hard at work doing it again at  a software company that has developed a web based ad building platform.  From time to time, he will write some articles and posts for WWDS. by Scott Jagodzinski   I’ve recently invested in and joined the [...]

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Ever have a sales person forget to ask for the order? It is the most common problem with young sales forces…asking for the order. Inexperienced sales reps miss important and obvious buying signals,often. We have even heard reps try to justify their approach of silently awaiting for the prospect to say, “here, take my money.” [...]

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Darn. Anyway, we were at ERE, a national HR conference, last week and evidently some HR-type bloggers came by the booth to meet our own, highly regarded (in his own mind), resident HR blogger. Can you feel the love? So, our people said it happened a lot…and even called him a minor celebrity of sorts, [...]

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But “Detroit,”–actually those automotive geniuses who are mostly sinister job-saving bureaucrats, have tied the guy up in court, and refuse to let this new technology hit the market, or so the urban myth goes. In fact, most of the time it is the OIL COMPANIES who are behind the throttling back of this new technology…oil [...]

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Conrad Hake is a software consultant out in the ‘valley.’ From time to time, he contributes to WWDS.  I just had one of the more humorous exchanges I’ve experienced in awhile. My business phone line is a Vonage line (great flexibility, burdens rapidly catching up to advantages) and suddenly no one could call me. Then, [...]

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Paul might have found his calling…. Job Posting 19 Oct 2007 / PE My days of unemployment may be over: No, wait . . . I just read the rest of the story and it turns out not to be a job advertisement . . . [tags] job hunting, cross dressing, Paul Epps, JobDig, employment [...]

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LONDON (AFP) – Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to a study by researchers. Yehuda Baruch, a professor of management at the University of East Anglia, and graduate Stuart Jenkins studied the use of profanity in [...]

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