From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Urgency, Agility, Fail Fast, and More Cowbell!

April 29, 2010

Image via Wikipedia HR Conferences need more innovation (and more cowbell!) I have been kind of busy lately. I have massive day job projects I am chasing. I am doing some consulting on the side.  I have been all over the place in the new media space. I have public plans and secret plans. I [...]

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Senator Levin, Sachs, and the “Sh*tty” Deal (NSFW)

April 27, 2010

Levin:  “Why did you keep selling these when you knew it was a sh*tty” deal? In one of the most entertaining pieces of political theater you will ever see, Senator Levin rips into Goldman Sachs executives testifying in Congressinal hearings today.

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The Mighty Men of HR

April 23, 2010

I am Mr. July OMG, what have I done??? Take a look at the video below and you will quickly find out! This video shows some of the “goods” that are part of the 2010-11 Men of HR Calendar, brought to you by TRU Events .  All proceeds from the calendar will go towards Haiti [...]

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TRU Lies

April 23, 2010

I hate Madison, Wisconsin! From Drop Box Photo source: Dream Machine Much like the 1994 Cameron/Schwarznegger tour de force, nothing about TRU USA was what it initially appeared to be. I was prepared to dislike the location of the event.  When I first heard that this event was going to be held in Madison, Wisconsin,  [...]

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Business Travel: Planes, Trains and Eyjafjallajokull

April 18, 2010

John Cleese via last.fm Eyjafjallajokull wreaks havoc If you are from Europe and stranded in Florida anywhere near Tampa or Orlando by the eruption of Eyjafjallajokull, you can spend a day at one of our local amusement parks free, courtesy of SeaWorld and Busch Gardens.  Bring your return airline ticket dated up to the 21st [...]

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The subtle conspiracy against social media

April 14, 2010

Image by loscuadernosdejulia via Flickr  ”Social media – Them’s fightin words around these parts!” I hear the words “social media” discussed so much anymore that I am starting to fear the backlash of overhype at a time when people in the HR profession can ill afford for that happen.   It would make it for another [...]

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Life under the new National Labor Relations Board

April 12, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Employers will be impacted   Here is some stuff on how the new appointments to the National Labor Relations Baord,  Craig Becker and Mark Pearce will begin to affect board policy over the next months. The short version:  The NLRB is now very pro-labor! The more specific longer version:    Expect to see case decisions [...]

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Employment Lawyer Sing-along

April 12, 2010

I ran across this video from the Manpower Employment Blawg today, and got a laugh out of it. I thought you might do the same. You will never experience legal problems again after you listen to this, because it will never leave your brain until your eyes bleed, and your brain runs out your ear. [...]

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Every person tells a story

April 11, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Sad stories brought to life Laurie Ruettimann wrote about the mine workers killed in West Virginia yesterday on her blog.   In response to her story, I wrote about my grand-father in the comment section of her blog.  Here is what I said: My grandfather has been dead for 20 years. I still [...]

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Baring it all for charity

April 11, 2010

Men of HR Calendar is here! From Drop Box A while back, Bill Boorman sent me a DM on Twitter asking me if I would be interested in participating in charity fund raising idea – a calendar featuring the Men of HR.  He also explained the qualifications – a camera, and a good sense of [...]

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