Managers doing nothing? Employees working too hard? Warren Buffet??? This post manages to irritate me every time I read it. Took me a while to decide if to post it. Decided it's provoked me enough. So now maybe it'll provoke you? Would love to hear your thoughts... Note to Reader: This is written in a somewhat-provocative manner. The style is intend to provoke thought - not to frustrate or anger. If it impacts you in any way other than the intended way, I pre-apologize. It ma

Make an Impact! Be Replaceable... As holidays come-and-go, we tend to do some soul-searching, trying to realize what we're doing good - and what we could be doing better. We tend to think highly of ourselves. That's fine. To some extent, even natural. We believe we are doing a good job (as an employee, as a manager, as a parent, as a student, as a child, as a spouse - you got the point...) That's ok. We think nothing needs improving. That's wrong. In almost every domain, we c

The other day at work, I was on a meeting with a number of people. We were discussing some topic and at some phase of the discussion, Joslin turned to Greg and said: "I really appreciate your operational skills. The way you make a plan and execute it is inspiring". As background you should know, that over the years, Joslin and Greg had their differences, and while on a personal level got along fine, on a professional level they were always suspicious of each other, doubting t

I remember my surprise, when I first read (possibly it was in one of the Tarzan books I read as a child) that the most dangerous creature on earth is Man, Homo Sapiens. As a member of the human race, I felt personally insulted. When I read justifications to this claim, I felt there may be some point to this claim. Want to read more about it? just google... (or click here). But that is NOT the subject of this post... You see, part of the claims talk about how humans invent wea

Scenario 1 Imagine the following. You just landed a great job in a great company (congratulations!). Your new job expects you to use the technology you want, they offer you the compensation package you hoped for, the correct human environment... it's great! In the negotiation phase ("courtship"?) you made some compromises, your new employer fulfilled some of your requests, and you agreed on a start date. Exciting! The date arrives, and you start working. And three weeks later