Fortune 500 Executives Reconsider 24/7
November 22, 2005 “Working 24/7 may seem good for companies, but it’s often bad for the talent – and men finally agree. So businesses are hatching alternatives to the punishing, productivity-sapping norm.” – Fortune magazine Fascinating statistics abound from the Nov 28th cover story of Fortune magazine. A new survey of Fortune 500 male executives […]
Tom Demarco and Impossible Zones
November 6, 2005 Recently, I had a wonderful dinner, one-on-one, with a mentor I am most fond of, Tom Demarco, at his lovely home on the coast of Maine. Yes, Tom’s of Maine (different Tom). When I visit Tom, I playfully call him “Godfather”. Tom, as many people know, has written several fabulous books on […]
Yochai Benkler of Yale on Open Source Collaboration
October 21, 2005 On the POPTech stage is Yochai Benkler of Yale talking about knowledge and the collaborative effort of groups, and that through a participatory process, creates an end result that can be the equivalent of a full-time PhD. What this brings to mind for me if the book, “The Wisdom of Crowds” by […]
