Pride and Prejudice and Job-Hunting
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a successful company in possession of a sound budget must be in want of a new hire. Ok, yes - this post go...
This meeting could have been an email
Today I will piggyback on last week’s Ron Swanson extravaganza problem with meetings. If you missed it, you need to know that I used, as a procrastination ...
Procrastinators, the leaders of tomorrow (no, not really)
Procrastination is the action (or inaction, lol) of delaying or postponing something, and we have many examples in pop culture (you start thinking about th...
‘The Bear,’ lessons on leadership and management - Part 2
The second season of The Bear starts with the crew dismantling the shithole old joint (aka The Beef) and partaking in an impromptu budget/WBS meeting to conc...
‘The Bear,’ lessons on leadership and management - Part 1
The first season of The Bear starts with Carmen, a young but promising haute cuisine chef, returning to Chicago to take over the family’s shithole sandwich s...
Enemies to lovers. Turn difficult stakeholders into powerful partners
The enemies-to-lovers trope is as popular as it is fun, and it consists of (yeah, no secret there) two characters that start off being enemies (or not seei...
Manage a Crisis like a Pro
Netflix recently released the miniseries The Days, which goes through the events during -and immediately after- the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that ca...
“Succession” - Don’t try this at home
Everyone is talking this week about Succession, and you know, FOMO. So here I am, reminding everyone that the things the incredible f**k brother bandwagon ...
Look up! Your technical debt is coming to kill you!
The movie: Don’t Look Up Spoilers ahead! Don’t Look Up is a satirical comedy that follows Dr. Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) and Dr. Randall Mindy (Leo...