So by now, we’ve all seen the liquidation signs for Circuit City, and maybe even indulged in some discount shopping. The first question I had, though, was not what can I get but how did this happen?

When I tell people I have two jobs, they look at me like I’m crazy. Or, with recent economic conditions, they ask me if I’d like to give them one of them. Actually, I wouldn’t. I love both and I appreciate both.

There are such benefits to having two jobs. What I learn in [...]

“Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people’s minds, imagine themselves into other people’s places.” -J.K. Rowling

A key component of what we do at my organization is emotional intelligence. So of course, questions come up about [...]

I think every blog should have a Why I Blog post. This is mine.

With unemployment on the rise, we all know someone who has been cut. In many cases, that person was a valuable asset to the organization. Personally, I have a friend whose company moved her to a new city and invested in her training, only to let her [...]

In college, I was the leader of a group project for a sociology class and decided that we’ll all come up with our own research individually and then I, as the group leader, will collate the info into one coherent document. Several deadlines later, I finally get something from everyone. [...]

A lot of self-help books and sites talk about the comfort zone and how you need to step out of it. Like any coaching advice, it’s too simplistic without taking into account personal style and disposition. My main issue is with the broad statement that change takes a lot of [...]

When I say measurement 2.0 I’m not just thinking of measuring the effectiveness of social media marketing. That’s great and important, but I’m thinking bigger. Technology in general and open-source collaborative technology, in particular, is making life easier. How can we use technology to make our lives easier?