The Contagious Toxicity of Blame

18 June, 2015

You can see the color drain out of your co-worker’s face, his eyes wide in fear as he turns to you. He started sweating just ten minutes into the team meeting. He takes a deep breath and hacks out a few panicked coughs. He’s about to speak, and you know this is the beginning of the end. You want to ...

The Astounding Reason 50% of Clients Hate Their Attorneys

5 June, 2015

Denny Crane is a legend. A renowned attorney with over fifty years of experience who has never lost a case. He joyfully takes challenges head on, and has fought corrupt politicians, scheming corporations, racial discrimination, and put murderers behind bars. He is bold, charming, outrageous, eccentr...

Why Email Should Die (And How You Can Help Kill It)

29 May, 2015

Ever had one of those nights where you dream of outracing some assassin or dueling with your dream-world arch-nemesis – whoever that may be – and you wake up feeling more exhausted than you were when you lay down? As bad as that may be, even worse is its waking-life equivalent: when you work yourse...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Ruthless Meetings

21 May, 2015

Meet Dilbert, the fictional main character of the comic strip, Dilbert. Dilbert is a white collar engineer hopelessly stuck in his office with incompetent managers who try, but comically fail, to bring about positive workplace structure. Out of thousands of Dilbert comics, 625 ruthlessly mock wo...

Why Make An Accomplishments List

7 May, 2015

We spend a lot of time figuring out how to be more productive, how to organize our personal and work lives, and how we can complete our to-do list faster and more efficiently. We work hard, and by the end of the day, most of us are tired and ready to go home. We think about our day, stress about wha...

Multitasking Is Bullshit

29 April, 2015

It’s a new day, you start out fresh and focused. Sitting at your desk, working away, when you feel the itch to check your email. A quick look wouldn’t hurt, right? You check your email; you have five emails you’re sure you can respond to within a few minutes. While you’re responding, you check your ...