Why is this man smiling? At a rally for the Republican candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 18th District, Donald Trump performed his impersonation of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese president (for life) Xi Jinping. At issue was the increasing number of U.S. deaths attributable to drug addiction and overdoses. Trump’s target? Drug dealers! … Read more
I know, there are many more important things to write about this morning, but I needed to share my interactions with J.P. Morgan Chase bank over the last 24 hours. Especially, on a day when the Trump administration stripped the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unit of its enforcement powers to pursue discrimination in lending … Read more
Let me ask you a question. Assume you are the largest and most powerful company in a specific market sector. You have been outspending the competition for years. Much of that investment has been spent on technology, new equipment that was supposed to give you an even greater edge against the competition. But instead … Read more
We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night. ~Barney Ross Just in case the name “Barney Ross” doesn’t ring a bell, he was the commander of a team of retired mercenaries hired to take down a South American dictator in the 2010 action film The Expendables. I … Read more
It has been nearly a half-century since the publication of Lawrence J. Peter’s (1919-1990) management opus The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong. The main thesis of the best-selling book, according to Wikipedia, is: …the selection of a candidate for a position is based on the candidate’s performance in their current role, rather than on abilities … Read more