Most of you know I went to a small engineering school for my undergraduate degree. The goal of Brooklyn Poly was to graduate the best practical engineers anyone could find- anywhere. And, by and large, they did that job superbly. (Of course, some of those who didn’t finish the programs may not feel this to be the case, but, then again, they didn’t finish…)
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OK. You started your company. Does that make you the leader? The answer is maybe- because a leader must be able to inspire his/her stakeholders to achieve. Not only that- but, as you grow your organization, you have to find and train other leaders to help accomplish your mission.
Continue reading Characteristics of Leaders Have Not Changed Through the Ages
Gotta get it done. Now.
Gotta track it all. Now.
Gotta get the team on the same page. Now.
Continue reading Organized Chaos.
True confessions? Yes, that’s how I will start today. (But, I probably will end with a wonderful happy dance. Twice or so.)
Continue reading Many of you are not going to like this..
Many of you know I grew up in Greater New York City. Where Robert Moses transformed the area to produce a plethora of roads and bridges. But, even with all that building, traveling was tough. The Southern State Parkway (which was the backyard of my childhood home) opened in 1927. This four lane, 25 miles long, parkway started with tolls providing access to New York City for those on the Southern reaches of Long Island. It became 8 lanes (city line to the Hempstead Lake State Park) and six lanes thereafter before I was 10. The tolls disappeared sometime after I left the area.
Continue reading Company causes this misery!
Given the craziness of certain people and their insane beliefs that vaccinations should be withheld from their children, it is not surprising that we are experiencing widespread increases in diseases that were once considered to be virtually eradicated. I won’t even go into the senseless epidemic of flu that is enveloping us.
Continue reading Got your shots?
My business partner for years has suffered from migraines. From that situation alone, I could attest to the debilitating effects of the malady. The fact that 10% of Americans (some 36 million people) also suffer means that many, many days of productive life are affected. And, most of those folks- and more importantly- most of everyone else has the wrong impressions about migraine.
When one thinks about drug research, they rarely recognize that it’s often just a series of trial and error. One considers a series of potential drugs and determines if and how it works. Rational drug design is a completely different (and still a nascent) process.
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There are a lot of fights going on in America. Abortion. Education. Tax Equity/Fairness. Gay Marriage. Every one of them are buzz-words that evoke visceral reactions from folks across this land.
Continue reading Justice, Justice
Exercise. Our brains need it. Our bodies need it. We expect exercise to show results- with weight loss, with muscle tone- and it doesn’t always do so. It affects our blood pressure maintenance, keeps our cholesterol balance in check, reduces the risk of stroke and cardiac disease. It’s why we are supposed to exercise 2.5 hours over the course of a week; 60 minutes a day helps with weight loss. (I don’t think many of you are spending an hour a day exercising. Me, neither.) So far, I’m sure that nothing I’ve said surprises you.
Continue reading 1, 2, 3, 4– exercise- get out the door