Recent Posts
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How I Learned to Love the Lockdown
By Paul Harvey Covid has, obviously, been bad. Nothing that we’ve gained has been worth even one of the lives lost to the disease that’s kept most of us in […]
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Podcast: The Email Paradox: Inefficient Efficiency
Email is one of the most efficient forms of communication ever created. Email is almost universally viewed as a threat to efficiency, on and off the job. How can both […]
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Google’s Search Results Have Gotten Worse: My Take
Frank and I don’t do these posts on any sort of schedule (clearly…), we just wait for inspiration to strike. Sometimes it strikes in sort of tangential ways, like when […]
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The need for office space
by Frank Butler The WSJ posted an article about startups not needing office space, especially early on. Certainly has a significant impact on the cash flow and equity needs when […]
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Podcast: BS Jobs
Bologna Sandwich maker? Barber Shop singer? Nah, not those BS jobs. In this episode we dive into what the late David Graeber defined as jobs that are “so completely pointless, […]
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Podcast: Margin of Error: When Good Polling Goes Bad
What happens when you ask the wrong questions? You get the wrong answers. Then you make the wrong decisions. Then you look silly. Whether you’re a pollster predicting elections or […]
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Podcast: Chasing Productivity & Creativity in WFH
JP Morgan has observed reduced productivity and creativity among employees working from home (WFH). CEO Jamie Dimon notes that younger employees are disproportionally affected, particularly on Mondays and Fridays. This […]
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Podcast: MBA: Masters of Busyness Administration?
Elon Musk bemoans the modern corporation’s obsession with busywork. We bemoan the modern corporation’s obsession with busywork. Elon Musk blames the over MBA-ification of the business world for this obsession. […]
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Podcast: Are You Too Good at Your Job?
Are you the “go to” person for help with some tasks at work? The one everyone hunts for when they need help dealing with a tough customer, setting up a […]
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Podcast: Busyness & the 40 Hour Work Week
In this episode, we discuss the notion of busyness at work. It is quite common for people to pretend to be busy, whether it is George Costanza’s method of always […]
