I recently brought in some rubber chickens into the workplace. Specifically, I brought in small flying rubber chickens to use in management meetings. They are funny! They fly high. They wake people up. You can zip up to a sleeping manager. You can toss them around when […]
There have been several times, ok many times, in the workplace, when I have cautioned individuals with the known saying “be careful what you wish for.” How many times have people wished for a particular project, promotion or pat on the back to only come to […]
Apparently, I do not suffer fools very well, if at all. I make faces in meetings when people say incredibly false statements that they expect everyone to outright believe. I show my incredulousness by wrinkling my nose at some people’s stupidity. Just this past week, I had […]
Change doesn’t come Change doesn’t happen Change doesn’t caress the masses Change doesn’t ease the mind Change has to be produced Change has to be pushed Change has to be prodded Change has to be put forth Bang the bass drum Get snappin’ and clappin’ Hand out […]
Steve Jobs, was by many accounts and recent documentaries, not a very nice person. He was a genius and everyone respected that aspect of his being. But he was inconsiderate, he clamped down on charitable giving, and he was intensely intense. He was the personification of […]
When Steve Harvey messed up the Miss Universe announcement, he came onto stage and admitted his mistake.Back in December, Harvey mistakenly announced that Miss Colombia had been crowned Miss Universe, though the actual winner was Miss Philippines. On late night television and Twitter he was made fun of […]
This past month, a rapper that I had never heard of before by the name of B.O.B (not to be mistaken for Bob) declared that the earth is flat and that celebrities are being cloned. I think (although it is a bit convoluted) that he believes that […]
I get out of the elevator and animatedly wave to the building staff at the front desk wishing them a great day ahead and, if time permits, sharing a New York anecdote as I am the New York girl in the building. I then get into the Uber […]
Remakes: Here I go again making it my own I woke up this morning thinking about remakes and how we have to make things our own. I am the new boss of an agency that had a longstanding leader. After that leader left, a successor was hired […]
“I see a ship in the harbor I can and shall obey But if it wasn’t for your misfortunes I’d be a heavenly person today” It could be another Manic Monday, but it need not be. Wednesdays tend to be bluer and more depressing as […]