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NBA Flunks Negotiating
One of the more interesting parts of attempting to teach my son Noah the art of business concerns negotiating. It’s a topic of enduring interest because there is seldom a [...]
Interview: William Pizer, Economist and expert on environmental and climate change
William Pizer is a highly regarded economist. At the time of this interview he was Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future, a think-tank in Washington D.C., which does research [...]
Interview with Thomas Clouse, Freelance Journalist in China
Thomas Clouse is a 31-year-old freelance journalist living and working in China since 2002. He has written for Global Finance, Accounting and Business Magazine, and Automotive News China. We asked [...]
Do you work for your old man?
One of the most important things we do in our work lives is labeling, and it’s one of those things we usually do casually, without the care it deserves. Attaching [...]
USA – Still King of the Hill?
Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist, wrote a book a few years ago titled The World is Flat, where his thesis was that national and geographical separations had gone [...]
Shop Doc – Improving Surface Finish
Dear Shop Doc, We are turning a part made from PEEK (polyetheretherketone plastic) and need an 8 Ra surface finish on the part. We have tried carbide and a PCD [...]
Revealing Your Vulnerability
For the last eight years I have lived my life as partially sighted. I’ve suffered detached retinas in both of my eyes, with the sight in my right eye permanently [...]
Bad Reception
Reflections on my hotel experiences from a week on the road. I just got back from travels that took me to Austin, Texas, Palo Alto, and Pasadena, California. I stayed [...]
Ethics: New Employee?
By Russell Ethridge I am a bookkeeper with a small company. My boss, one of three brothers who own the business, is married with three kids. Last month, he asked [...]
One on One with Dr. Rockford Weitz: How to capitalize on the melting arctic icecap
Global climate change is rapidly melting the Arctic icecap, enabling some ships to finally travel over continents, both through the legendary Northwest Passage over North America and a Northeast Passage [...]