I am much more of fox than hedgehog. No, I don’t blog every day, but it’s fair to say that I’m pretty prolific. On this site alone, you’ll find a boatload of posts on higher education, #WFH, Big Data, technology, platforms, communications, analytics, and other topics. They generally fall into the following buckets: insights, provocations, musings, predictions, and rants. I write more about big ideas than listicles and snackable content. Finally, I inject humor often into my posts and despise jargon. Click here to see an interactive word cloud and tree map of my posts’ tags.
Robert Reich Is Wrong
Thoughts on Big Tech and the need to break up “monopolies.”
Why Jargon Has Prevailed
Thoughts on consultants, MBAs, and the management “scientists.”
On Success, Clarity, and Simplicity
Partners, employees, and vendors cannot successfully deploy new technologies while confused.
Why We Work by Barry Schwartz
This is a big-idea book, not a not a how-to or tactical text.
Why Data Generation Will Become More Passive
The Internet of Things changes the very notion of how data is born.
The Foolishness of Relying on Social-Media Numbers
A little yarn about just looking at specious statistics.
#NoEmail Vodcast with Luis Suarez
A 60-minute chat about fixing communications at work.
On Visualizing Data and Laziness
There’s just no excuse today for making customers hunt and peck to find relevant information.
Four of the Biggest Mistakes that Non-Fiction Writers Make
There’s no shortage of laziness out there.
Now Open: Office Hours
Limited free access to my brain.
Thoughts on the New Google
Why major changes to even very successful companies and business models actually make sense.
Demystifying the Data Scientist
A little FAQ on a white-hot profession.
Proof that You Don’t Need Rely Upon E-Mail
At least, not nearly as much as you think at work.
Not All APIs Are Created Equal
Examining one of the most pervasive platform myths.
Advice to Startups: Stop Using the Word ‘Platform.’ Please.
Why simplicity and questions are far better stratagems.
Paperback Version of Too Big to Ignore Is Coming
More good news on my fifth book.