He Couldn’t Jump. He Could Lead.
The NBA is a league of 7-foot stars and 10-foot egos. This year the championship was won by a team with neither. The New York Knicks won the title for the first time in 53 years, and there is a lesson in the victory for every business person in the
Can’t Think of Anything
I’ve started this piece several times over the last two weeks, and each time I got deflected and went on to something else like eating,
My Syrian Driver
Last weekend I took a Uber downtown. After a few minutes of chit chat, my driver told me he was an immigrant from Syria who
Have a Good Password?
Maybe the pen is mightier than the sword, or so it seems in the worlds of crime and, lately, politics. What with the Russians hacking
Psyched for 2017!
This is my first Swarfblog of 2017 and it’s not about the Cubs. I am grateful to be able to continue writing it and grateful
One Hole at a Time
I’ve seen a lot of change in my lifetime. Cubs winning the World Series. The Berlin Wall falling. The Internet altering work and pleasure. And
How Not to Get a Job
As a headhunter who recruits in the fields of engineering and manufacturing, I can often judge in a matter of seconds whether a candidate could