Procrastination isn’t always your enemy
Sometimes procrastination is a way for your mind to work on solving a problem, or a way of telling you to go down a different path.
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News & media consumption
Something interesting happened during the pandemic. People developed a hunger for solid, well-researched, and reliable news with clear provenance from trusted sources.
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Entitled jerkiness
It was a situation that would be perfectly fine and manageable if everyone showed a little patience and understanding. This is too much to ask of some, apparently.
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Dashiell Hammett
Hammett’s stories were filled with unexpected turns yet had the inevitability of Greek tragedy.
His characters were nuanced to the point of complete moral ambiguity.
Neil Gaiman’s eight rules of writing
“Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.”
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Communicating with DEI in mind
Communicators will be a part of implementing diversity, equity & inclusion programs, and they will also be responsible for how the company talks about these topics. Some tips about this.
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Marcel Duchamp
One of the most important collections of Duchamp’s works is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, just down the Expressway from where I was raised. I was a pre-teen with no significant art education, visiting the museum with my father, when we entered Gallery 182.
Remote work is here to stay
Now that they have implemented the needed technology and established appropriate processes, firms will retain some form of remote work. Employees want it, and younger workers expect it.
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Toni Morrison on writing
“From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as something artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art.”
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Why Biz Comm Bites?
Biz Comm Bites is my little project where I tackle selected issues in business and organizational communication in small portions, so I can focus on the specific things I think are most important and not get caught up in trying to exhaustively cover every topic. I am doing it this way not only for my
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