Workers at GM walked off the job yesterday to demonstrate their opposition to talks that General Motors may be moving U.S. auto-making jobs overseas. So, basically, thousands of members of the United Auto Workers union left their jobs in an effort to secure their jobs. I’m completely uninformed when it comes to the machinations of […]

In the most recent issue of Fast Company, there is an article about the position of Chief Marketing Officer, which Fast Company is declaring the most dangerous job in business. They are referring, of course, to job security, which seems to be practically non-existent among CMOs. The article notes that the average employment-span of CMOs […]

Like something out of a John Prine song, my granddad was a carpenter. I say “was” but the use of the past tense is not entirely accurate. He worked as a professional carpenter from the late 1940s into the 1980s, at which point he went on full disability with a broken back.
The reality, however, is […]