Sometimes when we find ourselves on the third base, we think we hit a triple. It doesn’t matter if we got there by series of luck of the draw. I mean a botched throw that turned a single into a triple. Or a passed ball that helped with a stolen base or two. The point … Continue reading Unicornonsense
WeWork “the millennial workplace as a capitalist kibbutz” gets the Vanity Fair treatment, thanks to Gabriel Sherman, who has written an explosive and entertaining story about the life, time and crimes of WeWork founder Adam Neumann, who is a billionaire, thanks to the largesse of Softbank and its backers. There are a lot of juicy … Continue reading We(don’t)Work
It has been so long since I wrote a formal piece for a magazine, that I forgot how much energy it takes to bounce back from such an effort. I am usually good for about 1,000 to 1,200 words a day — but this week, my mind has been dragging its proverbial feet. So instead … Continue reading WeWork drama, Streaming wars, & What (else) to read
I am not much for summer vacation, but occasionally I do like to take a couple of days to tune out my work life. All the travel and meetings of my trip made it difficult for me to sit down and write a coherent piece for this week’s newsletter. So rather than begin this week’s newsletter with the usual essay, I will just offer up the following observation. Continue reading “Summer’s over so let’s WeWork”
When the world’s most famous mystery writer vanished: As a lifelong fan of Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot, I quite enjoyed this wonderful retelling of a story that turned her into the star of her own mystery. The bean counters turned Boeing’s culture upside down: Are they responsible for the 737 MAX disaster? It is … Continue reading 7 Stories worth reading this weekend
Here are some of the stories that caught my attention today. Some of them are about technology, but not all of them. Updated all through the day, and shared via email newsletter in the evening. You like the links, sign-up for the email newsletter. The Cult of WeWork. PropertyWeek attends a WeWork event, comes back … Continue reading Nov 27: What I am reading today
