Well, this was unexpected. The work world we know has come apart at the seams, and we are all unraveled, our separate threads cast to the four winds. We are up in the air. Or at least I am. There are two elements of my own personal un-tethering. The first un-tethering is personal, and sad.... Continue Reading →
I've been feeling nostalgic for the years when I entered the workforce, way back in the 1990's. As a case worker in 1996 there was no email, no electronic case notes, no Outlook calendar. There wasn't even a computer on my desk. When I started at CCP in 2000 I did have a computer and... Continue Reading →
My son isn't big on homework. He does what he needs to do to stay out of his teachers' and his parents' line of fire, to keep his grades in the just-fine category. He goes above and beyond when he loves something, like building a rocket for science class or practicing till he can get... Continue Reading →
Management books don't really thrill me. Maybe that is an odd admission for someone who writes about the world of work, and who reads pretty much anything that comes under her nose. But I am reading one now that does indeed thrill me, and I'd like you to read it too. Would you, please? And... Continue Reading →
We are under orders to clean out our offices. Sometime in the next month the office will be painted, stem to stern, and to do their jobs the painters need our walls to be cleared and all our books and papers and files to be boxed up and out of the way. And so this... Continue Reading →
When I left for my vacation in Maine a couple of weeks ago I left a note on the white board outside my office: "On vacation in the woods. No wifi. So sorry." I didn't add "sorry not sorry," but I could have. I wasn't truly sorry at all, and if you accidentally on purpose... Continue Reading →
Winning and losing, and who does how much of which, is in the news a lot. I’m pretty fond of winning, myself – through college I set my alarm for 4:50am every week day to get to crew practice on time, and to this day nothing makes my heart race like the count-down sequence before... Continue Reading →
This year’s newspapers have been full of stories of sexual assault, harassment, and general bad behavior from the presidential campaign to Fox news to New England private schools. What has struck me as I shake open the paper in the morning, or scroll through my Facebook feed, or talk with other women over tea, is... Continue Reading →
There are days when I go to bed dreaming of the first cup of coffee the next morning. It isn’t so much that I am addicted (which I certainly am) but that the ritual of coffee, the warm cup in my hand, the bitterness on my tongue, and the rustle of the morning newspaper in... Continue Reading →
If a woman works in a forest, and no one sees her work, is she really working? Okay, silly question, but it gets at why many of us hesitate to take or approve offsite work. To understand whether that woman in the forest is really working, it helps to have common understanding of the word “working.” How can there even... Continue Reading →
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