More than a living

I’m not the biggest Elvis fan (though my wee one had a sweet suit one October), but one thing was very clear - Elvis wasn’t Elvis without the Colonel. And though I always picture Colonel Sanders, it makes me wonder:
Would I be Elvis if I only found my Colonel? Would I want to be?
I don’t […]

(This is part of the “Enhance perspective, assume control” series of posts.)
If you’ve spent any time on the Web lately, you’ve likely come across the word “BETA.” Or stumbled across a site or service in BETA. Probably more times than you care to recall.
BETA has achieved such a point of verbal saturation that it’s just […]

I love flying. If only because it let’s me catch up on all the reading I’ve been meaning to do.
As per Amy’s “Assholes 101” post, I’ve been stuck trying to finish The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t by Bob Sutton.
Last time I was talking to her about it, […]

(This is part of the “Enhance perspective, assume control” series of posts.)
“If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will.”

(This is part of the “Enhance perspective, assume control” series)
One of the things that always killed me about working on the corporate side of the desk was my perspective. I always felt like I owed something to “the Business.” With a big “B.”
There was something beyond the people with whom I worked, beyond the execs, […]

One of my favorite scenes from the movie Blade Runner features Harrison Ford’s character, Rick Deckard, analyzing a series of photographs, using a machine that magnifies the photos to ridiculous proportions.
To manipulate the machine, he calls out a particular quadrant and then says “enhance.”
Enhance.
Enhance enables Deckard to find a minute–practically invisible to the naked eye–clue […]