Long Time Expat In Japan
I'm told if you have a catchy title then people read your posts more. Let this be a little experiment. I’ll give you the #1 reason up top. #1 - They didn’t feel the need Let me get back into the research for a second to give that context. Pew Research asked 5k workers in … Continue reading Six Reasons Why Employees Don’t Use All Their Paid Leave (#1 is not what you think)
Kind of a work-y post. Fairly warned. So I had some training recently, explaining how I can use some AI tools at work. It got me thinking, and I read some articles (company had subscriptions, sorry there's a pay wall for some links). Everywhere you look, people are talking about how AI is going to … Continue reading Random Thoughts on AI
I haven't had anything to say for a while. Today I do. So for the bots and social media marketers who still "read" this blog, I give you my thoughts. These thoughts are on the stock market. This is not very typical of me and this blog. I started it largely because I wanted to … Continue reading DotCom PTSD
Not a Zoom meeting but close. Don’t misunderstand. I’m very thankful for my job. I have so much to be appreciative for. But this meeting was loooooong
My good friend and partner in blogdom, JT, posted recently that he has "been discovered" by the Russian Spambot Overlords. With 50 pageviews from Russia, where he knows no one (I assume), compared to 28 from the US, where the vast majority of his friends live. I almost never check my own stats; I'm not … Continue reading Spambot Overlords
I am not a user of Uber. I think it fair to state this up front. My reason for not using Uber has nothing to do with my feelings about the company or the service. I think it is perfectly fine as a service. I have read some controversial things about hiring practices (if you … Continue reading Where is the Open Source Uber?
Book Review Methods of Persuasion By Nick Kolenda Image from Amazon.com This is the second book on marketing and influence I read in the past six months. The first was Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion, which was new to me, but not a new book. The two were quite similar. They both used anecdotes … Continue reading Book Review – Methods of Persuasion
Netflix was in the news last month. The company announced that employees can take a year of maternity or paternity leave during the first year after having a child. Sounds great. Most people hear this and think, "what a great company to work for. They must really care for their employees, think of them as … Continue reading Championing Disaffection
Book Review Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion By Robert Cialdini Image thanks to amazon.com I’m not a marketer; I have avoided it, sometimes intentionally, sometimes not. 14 years ago, I started an MBA program, mostly because my salary was stagnant. This makes sense when your undergraduate degree is in Comparative Literature with a minor … Continue reading Book Review — Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion
Book Review Turn the Ship Around! By David Marquet https://bsdonovan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/turntheshiparound1.jpg I am biased. I should state this from the start. I chose this book because everything I read about it spoke to my beliefs in how organizations should be managed. I am almost genetically predisposed to write a positive review of this book. In that, … Continue reading Book Review – Turn the Ship Around!
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