Author Archives: Stan
A lesson in business evolution
One of the benefits of living longer is you get to see patterns that you couldn’t have seen in less time, because the pattern frequency was on a time scale longer than your span on the planet to that point. … Continue reading
Fresh new graduates for hire
I had the opportunity to spend an afternoon last weekend with a group of young men, recently graduated or soon to be from San Diego State University. The topic was career planning and how to go about getting that first … Continue reading
Fear and loathing in the board room
[Note: This column appeared in the San Diego Daily Transcript in May of 2009. Nearly five years later, it still seems relevant.] With apologies to Hunter S. Thompson for ripping off the title of his seminal book on the political … Continue reading
The price of respect
“Stan, they could pay me a whole lot less if they treated me better”, Jacob said as he sipped his standard morning black coffee at what we call Starbucks North. Jacob and I have been meeting at one or the … Continue reading