Podcast
Episode 52: Despotic Taylorism With Christopher Mims of The Wall Street Journal
A fascinating chat about several Amazon, logistics, and other critical topics.
Tag: Amazon
Thoughts on the Everything Store.
Collaboration
How Author Indecision Leads to Missed Opportunities
Thoughts on the downsides of dithering while writing a topical business book—or paying someone to do it for you.
Communication
How Not to Start a Book
An absurdly complex 85-word sentence right off the bat all but guarantees crickets, confusion, or both.
Faves
Nailing Your Book's Title and Subtitle Is Really Hard—and Essential.
Thoughts on the most important ten or so words that authors write.
Announcements
Zoom For Dummies Update
Ignore the websites. The book will be out by the end of the month.
Platforms
Thoughts on Twitter and Section 230
Kudos to the company for its principled stance.
Communication
Slack and Change Management
Thoughts on why it's essential to overcome employee resistance.
Analytics
The Wild Wild West of Analytics Programs
Pedagogy and definitions around higher ed's trendy new discipline are anything but consistent.
Book Reviews
Don't Be Evil by Rana Foroohar
Has Big Tech become too powerful? Hell yes.
Communication
Why I Emphasize Strong Communication in My Syllabi
An old job description from one of the dot-com successes underscores a critical business skill.
Book Reviews
Summer Reading
Being able to regularly feed my brain is a nice perk of professor life.
Management
What I Learned Visiting an Amazon Fulfillment Center
Thoughts on my recent tour of an insanely large facility.
Higher Education
Finding Teachable Moments in Survey Courses
At least in one regard, Jeff Bezos' letter couldn't have arrived at a more opportune time.
Dataviz
What College Professors Can Learn From Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act
His Netflix show takes a unique and informative approach that should make instructors reconsider their methods.
Analytics
Teaching Highlights From 2018
A look back on two things that made me smile this past year.
Analytics
Reflections on Supervising More Than 100 Capstone Projects
Thoughts on some of my students' best work.
Analytics
Three Main Types of Capstone Project Problems
Thoughts on some common issues and what to do about them.
Analytics
Three of My Favorite In-class Exercises
A few of the ways that I try to make learning as active as possible.