A Case for Telecommuting
I awoke at 4:30 on a Monday, tiptoed past Alison, nine children, two dogs, and thirty-one brooder chicks temporarily camped out in a kiddie pool in the middle of our living […]
I awoke at 4:30 on a Monday, tiptoed past Alison, nine children, two dogs, and thirty-one brooder chicks temporarily camped out in a kiddie pool in the middle of our living […]
It was the kind of gathering where a bowling ball rolled across the lush, encyclopedia-thick carpeting might only make it eight inches before hitting the next set of Gucci loafers. […]
I got the call at 2:30 on a Tuesday afternoon. At the time I was putting the finishing touches on a PowerPoint deck intended to convince the firm’s investment committee […]
They say there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes. I was wearing bad clothes. Bare feet sheathed only in Ugg slippers. Lightweight polyester-cotton blend long johns […]
It was lunchtime on a sunny summer Friday and I prowled the Dallas suburbs looking for the Next Big Deal. It sounds sexy to be out shopping for a thirty […]
The whole thing had the look and feel of a tourist board commercial narrated by Tim Allen. Man casually sprawled on weather-faded Adirondack. Cargo shorts and faded sweatshirt spiked with […]
If a team of advance scouts from an alien race intent on overtaking our planet were to reconnoiter from a back table at a business summit they would probably knock […]
Back at corporate, down the long white corridor, tucked behind the row of senior executive offices, there is a small gym. Five or six machines. Weights. Ten-foot ceilings. Panoramic mountain […]
The two young and remarkably sleep-resistant boys flapped excitedly from the second floor window as their older brother James completed yet another lap around on the riding lawnmower. Evening sky […]