These are essays from the wayback machine. The topics are varied. Some are about business, but mostly rumination on current events and whatever caught my attention at the time.

Just Like You

Sometimes, the roles we inhabit can box us in or weigh us down. If I’m with my children and slip into “dad” mode and they

Build Better Than Code

Talking with a colleague this morning about “code.”  Not that kind. Building codes. They’re there for a reason. They level the playing field (everyone must

We All Want Control

“Control” and “connection” are paired but opposed ideas. A sales conversation that feels like a battle for control versus one that feels like a connection

The Excel Guide to Giving Feedback

If you don’t spend a lot of time in Excel, none of the following will make sense: ‘#Div/0 ‘#REF! ‘#SPILL ‘#NUM! ‘#VALUE! N/A Circular reference