Bah, Scumbug!

Bah, Scumbug!

Every business must foster the type of working environment it deems appropriate. Modern management philosophy increasingly focuses on cost reduction; yet in honor of the season, I present two diametrically-opposite corporate workplace models. Anyone familiar with the...
The Spirit of the Season

The Spirit of the Season

This holiday season, in between the mad dash of gift shopping and the constant parade of glittering holiday diversions, I find my eyes glazing over at much of the agenda-driven, politically-motivated drivel spewed forth by the vast entertainment machine that has...
Am I Not Merciful?

Am I Not Merciful?

So the Iraq War officially ended last night, quietly and this time without any Presidential landing of a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier. This isn’t supposed to be a political blog, but a business one, so let’s crunch some numbers: Monetary cost of Iraq...
The Webinar

The Webinar

Lately everyone seems to be freaking out about the current state of things in our economy, as if surprised. They shouldn’t be. History shows it’s all cyclical: every hundred years another world-dominating empire rises, and this is what happens to it. The...
The Kimota Café

The Kimota Café

I’ve attended my share of business seminars, but the most weirdly-fascinating have been conventions devoted to the business side of some creative art form— publishing, film, or other creative media. In those cases the business folk (“the suits”) and...
Happy Fun Staple Battle Time

Happy Fun Staple Battle Time

So… has anyone else but me noticed that our whole economic system is about to take a massive dump because our politics are so partisan that no one can do anything to fix it? A few weeks ago I watched in awestruck amazement as the highly-touted Congressional...