Oblivious Rich Assholes
One of the themes seen in the current outrage about AIG, executive pay, and the rest is that what seems "normal" to people who have
March 23, 2009
One of the themes seen in the current outrage about AIG, executive pay, and the rest is that what seems "normal" to people who have
I wrote a rave for Joker One about a week ago, after hearing an interview on Fresh Air and reading the first 100 pages. I
'The situation when no one feels comfortable giving an answer other than "it depends" This is similar to the "teeter-totter syndrome" in The Peter Principle,
The quarter is winding down at Stanford, and my course assistants and I are busy grading some very creative final exams. In my course "Organizational
One of my students sent me a link to this story. This guy plays Warcraft III, which isn't as popular as it once was in
In my post yesterday, I talked about seating arrangements, and the notion that men –although not necessarily women — at the head of the table
It is time to update my Honor Roll of Places That Don't Tolerate Assholes. I got an email from Nils today with a nice addition,
When I was in graduate school at The University of Michigan, the group dynamics researchers used to talk about how seemingly innocent things could have
I was reading back through the interview that we did with Academy award winning director Brad Bird for The McKinsey Quarterly last year, and came
Last week, I listened to this interview by Terry Gross on Fresh Air, with former Marine platoon leader Donovan Campbell — who served three combat
Here is a little story about a driver who would score very high on the Asshole Rating Self-Exam (ARSE): An Officer stops a driver for
One of the main themes on The Knowing-Doing Gap is something that we call "The Smart Talk Trap," that there are too many times in