Blog
I am much more of a fox than a hedgehog. No, I don’t blog every day, but it’s fair to say that I’m pretty prolific. On this site, you’ll find a boatload of posts on the future of work, higher education, technology, platforms, communication, collaboration, 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 freakin’ despise jargon. Click here to see an interactive word cloud and tree map of my posts’ tags.

Paperback Version of Too Big to Ignore Is Coming
More good news on my fifth book.

The Vicious Cycle of Conference Mediocrity
Skimping on speaker expenses is a near surefire way to leave attendees wanting.

People Operations: Three Hard Truths
Actually doing something with data is infinitely more important than a department’s name.

The Data Wars Revisited
Companies are increasingly using data as swords and shields.

Donald Trump and the Beauty of Big Data
How data journalism can prove someone’s idiocy.

When Partners Break Bad: Lessons From the ADP-Zenefits Fiasco
Think that this can’t happen to your company? Think again.

Celebrating Post Number 1,000
Reflecting on a milestone of sorts.

Disruption Visualized
An amazing and interactive graphic on how things change.

Big Data: Necessitating New Partnerships in New Media
The trend is unmistakeable.

Partners Can’t Do It Alone: The Case for Removing Internal Obstacles
A few obstructionists in key places can derail even the most promising new tools, projects, and products.

A Better Way to Vet Potential Partners, Part II
Don’t see a documented case study? Big red flag.