Our days are so full of tasks to complete, like quests in a never-ending role-playing game. Laundry, dishes, decluttering, bills, groceries, straightening, meal prep, errands. Emails, phone calls, status reports, one-on-one check-ins, presentation revisions, invoices. Decisions, optimizations, quick fixes, interventions, assists, demonstrations, coordinations, deferments. It's both exhilarating and exhausting to check off items from the… Continue reading Strategic vs Tactical
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Holiday greetings for 2018
Wishing you many joys of your own in 2019! Here's our annual holiday message and year in review in song and pictures: https://youtu.be/0vU-t7Shpwo Previous holiday messages are here: 2017, 2016, 2015.
Answering the tough questions
Once upon a time the tough child-to-parent questions were from curious but naive faces. Whether one actually gets "why is the sky blue" or "does God exist" or other classics, we surmount them with pat answers that satisfy or children long enough for them to forget about it. Young minds aren't built for philosophy and… Continue reading Answering the tough questions
Getting ROI from Kids
The ROI on kids is not particularly good. At least, not at first. For those unfamiliar with the term, ROI - "Return On Investment" - is a common business term used to evaluate whether something is worth spending money on. If investing in that faster email system for $10,000 lets you earn money twice as… Continue reading Getting ROI from Kids
Metallica
I am not a heavy metal fan. I rank it just above gangsta rap and country music in my mental list of "least favorite music genres." I tend to dismiss the songs as so much noise, much as a connoisseur on the other side of the spectrum would be dismissive of an operatic aria. Perversely,… Continue reading Metallica
The Joys of JJFoley 