Small note to diversity folks: 1. Putting “Happy Easter!” on the cafeteria menu, but not Passover, is showing official favoritism to a single religion. 2. When you put […]
business / social media / twitter
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Not Merely Lame: Ghost Tweeting
“Your product tweets?” I was somewhat incredulous at the claim. “Is it for customer service?” another person asked. “Nope, just for press releases and announcements. Things like that.” […]
business / economics / politics
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Corporate … incentives
You might remember that over the last two decades towns, counties, and states have given corporations huge tax breaks and other incentives to relocate to (or even stay […]
business / sociology
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Unions and CEOs and morale, oh my!
Most analyses of the failings of the American economy – especially of the auto industry – tend to be ideological, and therefore, flawed. Business is not a one […]
business
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The two types of mastering a task
There are two types of mastery – there is rote mastery, and there is understanding mastery. Rote mastery is when one can emulate the forms of a thing. […]
business / rant / tolerance
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One note wonder
As I read through another survey of sociological theories, I’m struck by the repetition of a single theme: That all actions have a single theme. Things are more […]