I’m always a bit suspicious of company outings. I get that they’re a nice way to connect with co-workers in a different way. I just worry that sometimes they’re the only time people actually have fun together. Meaning, the actual work isn’t together or isn’t fun, and the outings are a compensation for that. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘childcare’
Fun as part of the work, not separate from it: a rationalization for not making it to the zoo
Posted in The Practice of Life, tagged childcare on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Getting over the guilt
Posted in Career Satisfaction, tagged childcare, committing to work, guilt, Parenting Wisdom, sick kids, work/life, working moms on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working part time since the monkeys were born. When I first went back to work it was two days a week and over the last two years it’s slowly inched up to four days a week. That actually seems like the right amount for me to be able to feel somewhat successful in my career [...]
When to toss instinct out the window
Posted in Decision Making, tagged childcare, client management, consulting, gut, learning on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of my Strengthsfinders strengths that I’ve always identified with is input, which means that I’m a collector of information. In my case, it means that I’m an information addict, filing pieces away in my brain, overloading on data, never shirking a web search when more information might be out there that might be able to help me in [...]
Innovator’s Dilemma plays out in South Carolina Primary…and in my house!
Posted in Decision Making, tagged childcare, Clayton Christensen, innovation, innovator's dilemma, nanny, Obama, South Carolina primary on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal had a great article about how Obama is trying a new approach to win South Carolina. In the past, the way to win in the South has always been to use established networks and leaders, get the endorsements or preachers and politicians, and roll on to victory. In part because Hillary [...]
Personality, point of view and potty training
Posted in The Practice of Life, tagged boredom, childcare, cooking with kids, design, great quotes, personality, potty training, Richard sapper on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading last week’s Business Week and came across an article on Richard Sapper. Apart from an inane argument about how to design, the article is a nice profile piece. I especially liked this quote from Sapper: “The most important thing for me is to give everything I do a form that expresses something. It’s [...]
