Posted by Tom on February 3, 2012
I didn’t want to write this post. Blog posts are supposed to be succinct. Short and sweet. To the point. Disregarding the fact that this is intensely difficult for me (why I’d rather write books), some topics simply don’t lend themselves to a mere 600 words or less missive. This is one of them. Self-publishing [...]
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Posted by Tom on January 9, 2012
As most of you know, Kodak has been in the news lately. And not in a good way. Check out this article just put up on the web entitled The Rise and Fall of Eastman Kodak. I spent much of my professional career working at Kodak. 27 years to be exact. I learned a lot [...]
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Posted by Tom on September 19, 2011
Interesting summary of a new university study on leadership ineffectiveness. This study shows that, the more power a leader has, and the higher up they are in an organization, the less likely they are to seek advice from others on making decisions. In fact, the most powerful leaders are the least likely to ask for [...]
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Posted by Tom on September 5, 2011
OK…another one I just HAD to write… Today’s news is filled with articles about how the US Post Office is warning Congress that it will default if they don’t do something very soon. There are so many things wrong with that statement I don’t know where to start. The US Post Office is a shining [...]
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Posted by Tom on August 31, 2011
By now we’ve all heard the news that Steve Jobs has stepped down from Apple. I hope it’s not because of his health, but it probably is. Too bad for Steve. And, too bad for us. Steve Jobs has accomplished more in his life to delight consumers of digital electronics than anyone else. Given the [...]
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