Author Archives: Stan
The head shed is asleep at Starbucks
Starbucks recently announced that it would be closing a small percentage of its stores. About 1% actually. In response, the stock notched up a bit. The goal: improve profitability. I had read that news with a reaction I have had … Continue reading
My MAGA friend
I’ve written to you about my MAGA friend, but it’s been a while. We are meeting for lunch Friday for one of our periodic confabs. Brian and I go back maybe 30 years. I met him when I was an … Continue reading
Why do you want to lead?
Some people, maybe a lot of people, don’t consciously choose leadership in advance. They are invited to become a manager when they are excelling in their work. The pay and the title are attractive. So, they step into the job … Continue reading
George Carlin would have a field day
Carlin had a perspective of humanity driven by the counter-culture zeitgeist of his era and probably assisted by the mind-altering effects of hallucinogens. His early material centered on nonsensical language–what words mean and don’t mean, which words are arbitrarily acceptable … Continue reading