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MBTI: How to survive working for a ‘J’ if you’re a ‘P’ 2 Apr 2011 | 06:30 am
Time to read this post: 4 minutes Lumbergh: Hi, Peter. What's happening? We need to talk about your TPS reports. Peter Gibbons: Yeah. The cover sheet. I know, I know. Uh, Bill talked to me about it....
The wonderful nightmare of 3.5 million career choices 29 Oct 2010 | 05:43 am
Time to read this post: 3 minutes (no dawdling) Sally: I'd like the chef salad please with oil and vinegar on the side, and the apple pie a la mode. Waitress: Chef and apple a la mode. Sally: But I'd...
Mentoring mistakes 8 Oct 2010 | 05:36 am
Time to read this post: 6 minutes. “Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice.” – Yoda My first mentor chat was intimidating. It was week one in my new graduate job in strat...
What should I do with my life? Three approaches 3 Sep 2010 | 06:30 am
Time to read this post: 9 minutes (yes it's a longer one) Last week I was sitting in my office that overlooks Times Square in New York when I got a phone call from the CFO of one of the largest globa...
Does your job impress strangers? 7 Aug 2010 | 09:53 am
Time to read this post: 3 minutes. If you go out in London on a Friday night and chat to a bunch of twenty-somethings, there are two questions that you needed to have good answers to: ‘where do you l...
Why are some jobs better than others? 9 Jun 2010 | 02:53 pm
Time to read this post: 4 minutes. When I was eighteen I spent a year volunteering as a teacher at a high school in rural Zimbabwe. I taught English, Mathematics and helped coach the school volleyball...
Rethinking the week 28 May 2010 | 09:22 am
Time to read this post: 3 minutes. My morning coffee in Brooklyn last week feels like four years ago. Since then I have presented in Boston, trained in Los Angeles, passed through Denver, narrowly av...
Three automation experiments that worked 19 Mar 2010 | 06:42 am
Time to read: under three minutes. I actively detest shopping. I derive no satisfaction from department stores. When I was eight I got lost in Selfridges in London for what felt like three days. I s...
In praise of putting your feet up 5 Mar 2010 | 07:55 am
This is the story of how I re-organized two filing cabinets of old notes, threw out 28 boxes of junk and finally sorted out the outside closet. All while sipping tea with my feet up on my couch. Time...
Putting off the good times: Decision-bundling 28 Feb 2010 | 01:37 pm
Time to read this post: 5 minutes “I love deadlines. I like that whooshing sound they make as they fly by” said Douglas Adams. I really enjoy procrastinating. I love leaping into action with hours t...
