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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: July 2016
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Monday, July 18, 2016. So You Are A Big Shot". My paternal grandfather was a Norwegian immigrant. Arriving in the States with a small bag and the address of a farm in rural MN he worked for seven years as a hired hand, glad to have work. After retrieving his wife-to-be from "the old country" he rented land and farmed. The birth of no sons and the third daughter brought the proclamation "you can't farm with girls" and he moved his family to town. Thursday, July 14, 2016.
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: January 2016
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Thursday, January 14, 2016. Bees Been Dying.Confirmation and Re-branding. A number of years ago I attended a BOMA convention. At the Building Owners and Managers Association meeting all the men looked alike. Haircuts, jackets, ties, shoes, etc., all fit a standard. While it was probably before personal branding on the internet, they all had the standard look. If I saw this in a candidates social media footsteps I'd probably ask about it but I'm not sure exactly what I'd ask&...
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: You need to be afraid...
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Saturday, December 3, 2016. You need to be afraid. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. The 38th Parallel of Organizations. The Wisdom of Youthful Organizational Decision-Mak. You need to be afraid. I passed my test and test the RekOKut. If you can's say anything good.". MY ALASKA WAY OF LIFE. Talk From The Timber. What a Difference a Year Can Make in One's Life. Farm Aid: Around the Kitchen Table. Emilys Farm and Food Roundup.
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: December 2015
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Saturday, December 26, 2015. Turning 65 has been weird. For whatever reason it reminds me of being 15 when I thought people 30 were ancient. Fifty years of working is a while. As I look at some of my friends it appears that they've done more, made more, contributed more, etc. Considering that is. A waste of time. Lift gets complicated. Goals are set, often too many, often interdependent (intradependent? The core of engineers has a legacy of channelizing meandering rivers pro...
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: February 2016
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Saturday, February 27, 2016. Great Managers / Great Leaders / Privacy-Apple vs. FBI. Most users cannot even figure out iTunes. Apple might be too full of themselves. Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Dead People Have No Privacy Rights. The GOP candidates on this week's CNN debate were asked to comment. I expected at least one to take the Apple position of protection of individual privacy. Obviously the debate was more of a bar fight that a debate. As such it ...Personall...
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: April 2016
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Thursday, April 28, 2016. All thumbs.good and bad. Facebook's icon for 'like' is an icon of a 'thumbs up,' a universal 'OK' or 'I agree' gesture. The prehensile thumb evolved somewhere between 2.3 and 2.6 million years ago long before Homo Erectus 200,000 years in the past. Certainly it allows the unique grips that distinguishes us from other mammals and allows us to create and use tools. Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Tool failure.insignificant legacy. Job transitions often hap...
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: The Wisdom of Youthful Organizational Decision-Making
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Sunday, December 4, 2016. The Wisdom of Youthful Organizational Decision-Making. The talents to lead are honed when you follow. It's not easy working for someone you don't care for or who lacks talent. It preps you for your time at the podium. Did you put a candidate in the reject pile because of their ink? Your youthful counterpart might have explained that half the world wears ink. The secondary and more important reason for bringing a youthful employee to. Meet candidates...
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: Who to hire?...and no job, no truck
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Tuesday, September 27, 2016. And no job, no truck. This weekend I broke a rim on my truck making a tight right turn that resulted in an encounter with a 18" tall 6" concrete post protecting a fire hydrant. It's a long story but it's because someone (not me) was helpful and chose to return a lost item. Monday the truck was towed to the dealer. The encounter left the vehicle with a tendency to only go in a circle to the right.serious alignment issue. Polished. Pants suit.
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job: December 2016
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I Don't Even Have a Dumb Job. Sunday, December 18, 2016. The 38th Parallel of Organizations. Zappos, the online shoe retailer, does a great job of educating new employees on Zappos culture. A lengthy, mandatory training session on company culture is followed by the offer to leave the company, with a cash offer, if the employee is uncomfortable in any sense with the culture. Notes to incoming junior staff:. Listen more than you talk. Request a peer mentor. Request a mentor at a more senior position. Forme...
