Care to consider something today about people at work that was equally true hundreds of years ago? An idea or principle not whiplashed by windblown trends, fads or even 21st century global pandemics? In essence, my hunch is that people go to work to make their mark. The catch then is: how do they know? […]
The want ad here is a tongue-in-cheek facsimile to a real recruitment effort. Around 1912-13, 5,000 applicants applied for 27 positions. Which aspect of this job description appealed to the motives of ambitious scientists and seafarers? The opportunity for fame, of course. Ernest Shackleton made four attempts to reach the South Pole between 1902 in […]
There are some parallels between sports and work in this “season” of unprecedented human interruption. In sports, many professional athletes are playing shortened or rescheduled seasons with restricted arena attendances. Or even worse, consider the diminished satisfaction of winning the World Series on a far-from-home neutral ballpark. At work in business, we are limited in […]