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Business: learning a lesson the hard way by Scholars & Rogues on Aug 13, 2009Everybody makes mistakes. Most people make really bad mistakes at some point. A lot of times these mistakes can be pretty embarrassing, and the instinct is to try and keep those moments as quiet as possible. But recently a story found its way to my i...

Business: changing a corporate culture, buses and monkeys by Scholars & Rogues on Jul 1, 2009Business stuff two days in a row. How about that? So this morning’s lecture explains why fixing a broken corporate culture has something to do with angry, disoriented monkeys driving a bus on the sidewalk. Sorta.

Business: when goals attack! by Scholars & Rogues on May 14, 2009As some of you know, the “day” portion of my double life finds me working as a business and marketing guy. As part of that gig I do some blogging on business subjects. Since I know there are people here who follow business (and perhaps ev...

In business, desperate times call for measured thinking by Scholars & Rogues on May 6, 2009As the poet Robert Burns put it, “The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley.” The common military iteration of the sentiment says that no plan, however well devised, survives contact with the enemy. And former heavyweight champio...

Unleashing the Green stampede by Scholars & Rogues on Apr 13, 2009Obama is currently haggling with Congress over $150B in budget for his green initiatives. As you know, he made the transition to a sustainable energy infrastructure one of his key priorities during the election, but that doesn’t guarantee succe...