Our founder and leader, Alan Schnur, has things to say. And he’s focused on a particular four-letter word….W-O-R-K. Check out Alan’s unique perspective in an informal and insightful conversation about the workplace and the society in which we live.
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Posted on April 15, 2012
In honor of the just-ended Passover celebration during which four questions are asked to help understand the holiday (leave it to us Jews to need four questions to understand a holiday!), TJOW offers these pressing questions for your consideration and entertainment: 65. Why don’t more companies — especially those in competitive industries — operate like […]
Posted on April 08, 2012
An article in Sunday’s New York Times discussed the many and varied behaviors cited as cause for divorce in the U.K. The ‘malicious and repeated serving of tuna casserole’ was one. Insisting that a wife dress as a Klingon and speak in Klingon was another. Let’s be clear: In many places tuna casserole itself is […]
Posted on April 01, 2012
Bring together a group of people who have been working for a number of years and ask them what they have learned on the job. Once you get past the standard on-the-job skills training many receive, you’re bound to hear some frightening things. We certainly did. Here’s a sampling of verbatim quotes: “Where I work […]
Posted on March 25, 2012
For this week we have a number of observations. Beware: Some border on rants. ‘Managing change slowly’ is a misnomer — and a mistake. There are many things to manage. A bank account, a production facility, a vineyard, a budget. Change isn’t one of them. Change you lead. Whether it be the need for new […]
