Microsoft Word's inadequacy has turned Powerpoint into a document creation tool and a presentation tool. Chaos has ensued PowerPoint was originally designed to share information in a 'slide' format, and ostensibly can still do so. Gone are the days of a professor...
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David has been writing and publishing since 2006.
Beware “Stuff Debt”
Even if we can afford the first cost, the second and third costs can become an expensive ‘debt’ on our life's balance sheet. Photo by Darwin Vegher on Unsplash Minimalism have been intriguing to me for well over a decade (see “Can a book lover ever be a...
Where we work? Reimagining Organizations an Age of Skepticism
Nothing is possible without men, but nothing lasts without institutions. - Jean Monnet Photo by Ethan on Unsplash It is a classic trope of Christmas movies for characters to discuss when they stopped believing in Santa. The 'adults' of the 90s classic...
The old guy at the gym phenomenon
Enthusiasm, without focus or form, is more dangerous than beneficial Photo by Victor Freitas on Unsplash Traveling a decent amount for work is full of unexpected side effects. One of the more common is working out in a lot of different gyms with a wide...
Service has a reputation problem.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?' Martin Luther King Jr Service has a reputation problem. On the one hand, sometime in the 1990s, “service” became another activity that someone could engage in. As a high schooler, we...
If you aren’t world class at 1 thing
Excellence can be built through synthesis, not just specialization
The Work We Do: Reflections on Work and Purpose
Sigmund Freud got at least one thing right – love and work are massively important.
Book recommendations from the first half of 2024
Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash Happy 4th of July week For years, I have shared periodically what I've been reading. Increasingly, I have found my goal to be to start more books but finish less. Hopefully this is not a sign of a lack of commitment, instead, far too...
Leading Through Instability: Organizations at the End of Linearity
How should you lead and build organizations in a world categorized by change, uncertainty, and shortage?
What Will You Do With Your 30,000 Days? – Part 3
Elder doesn’t mean old!
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