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Another way to handle no-documentation-knowledge-hoarder is to simply let them know they can't be promoted until they've documented X, Y and Z. "Sorry - you're irreplaceable in your current role,...
April 12, 2022 at 1:46 pm
Steve, if you get the chance watch Star Wars Rogue One. It connects the best with the Original moves (it's the prequel we really wanted!). There's gobs and gobs of...
May 4, 2020 at 7:13 pm
My best days are reflective of the people around me:
* Every day someone I supervised received a promotion.
* The days when all people and all systems were working exactly as intended, and my presence was...
August 17, 2018 at 7:16 am
It's amazing how often old emails, tweets, videos and pictures surface in the news. What seems like "useless data" today may not be so in the tomorrow. Deleting versus archiving...
May 1, 2018 at 12:07 pm
Learn how to comfortably walk up to a stranger and engage them in conversation. It makes everything easier. Interviewing for a job? Check. Dealing with management for the first time? Check. Handling a customer?...
December 12, 2017 at 8:33 am
Maybe "Appearance" would be better than Fitness. Wearing properly fitting clothes and being properly groomed helps convey that image of professionalism. Looking like you slept in your suit and just...
August 4, 2015 at 11:54 am
There's one thing about "Computer Science" that's different from most of the other Sciences/Disciplines studied in Universities. Computer Science is still in its infancy. We've had literally thousands of years...
July 2, 2015 at 8:21 am
At a previous retail job, the vacation calender didn't align with either the real-world calender or the fiscal-year calender. The fiscal year ended after January, and the vacation calender ended...
December 9, 2014 at 7:45 am
below86 (2/28/2014)
paul.knibbs (2/28/2014)
February 28, 2014 at 9:57 am
My wish list of book conversions (that haven't already been mentioned):
Magic Kingdom for Sale -- Sold! by Terry Brooks
The Caverns of Socrates by Dennis McKiernan
The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret...
February 28, 2014 at 9:13 am
Jeff Moden (2/11/2014)
As I've been known to say, "Before you can think outside the box, you must first realize... you're in a box". 🙂
That's the trick right there - getting...
February 12, 2014 at 7:46 am
I've asked all of these:
What's your favorite video game (movie, book, etc), and why?
What would your mutant superhero power be?
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February 7, 2014 at 7:04 am
I've got four names. That, by itself, isn't too much of a problem. But because my father and I share the same first name, I've always gone by the second....
October 28, 2013 at 2:27 pm
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