(September 02, 2008) Good conversations have give and take. It’s hard to do that when there’s a lot of shouting. It’s hard to do that when manners get left at the door. “An ad hominem argument consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of […]
(August 28, 2008) Conversation is a difficult standard to achieve online in a public forum. The crossfire reciprocal shouting model in which each commentator is an advocate for a preexisting point of view is good entertainment. It’s really bad conversation. There are not many examples of nuanced movement towards a shared understanding of a new […]
(August 27, 2008) I am going to stick with the pyramid idea just a little longer. The theme is so embedded in our world view that it shapes the way we see, imagine and execute our possibilities. The "Recruiting Funnel", where masses of candidates are winnowed down to a select few, is an example of […]
(August 26, 2008) For the entire history of the human race, with virtually no exceptions. the age distribution of population has had the shape of a pyramid. As people get older, there are fewer of them. The pyramid shape means that there are few old people and lots of young people. The older that people […]
(August 25, 2008) Recruiting is a market at the intersection of people and opportunity. People, the supply, and opportunity, the demand, are combined to make organizations more able to fulfill their potential. Recruiters sift, sort and select in order to meet the need of the groups they represent. That sounds painfully obvious. But, that’s where […]
(August 22, 2008) Every morning, I take a five mile walk around the perimeter of Schollenberger Park. It’s a wetlands area with 200
(August 21, 2008) Sometimes, a piece of technology emerges that solves a problem you never thought would get solved. When the solution is really good, it opens the door to thinking about other similar problems and their solutions. Shazam is a mind-blowing application for the
(August 20, 2008) It’s like watching thousands of ants close up. You’re sure there’s a pattern. You can only see it by standing back. The
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