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Navigating the Affordable Care Act

March 27, 2013

Navigating the Affordable Care Act In ancient times, merchants and sailors used the stars and tools like a sextant or compass to navigate their way around the globe.   In the digital era, we use a GPS or a smartphone to find our way when we are lost.   Now if someone would just build a tool [...]

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Hillary, Clinton The COO of USA International is stepping down…for while anyway

January 28, 2013

Thanks for your service, Ms. Clinton – soon to be private citizen Hillary Clinton is stepping down from her current position as Rock Star Secretary of State on Friday, and probably getting ready to plan her move into the CEO position (President) in 2016. Few people in America have been cast in as many roles [...]

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The best part of the People Report Conference

November 11, 2012

Changers of Commerce I just got back from the 2012 People Report Best Practices Conference in Dallas, and it was as usual awesome.  Lots of great speakers, lots of fun, etc., etc., etc.   I sound sort of unenthusiastic, right? That would be an incorrect assumption.  I was just way more blown away by something else [...]

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Investing in innovation in Florida

November 1, 2012

Investing in innovation Idle musing, why don’t more big companies do stuff like this?  Looks like some pretty cool stuff happening right here in Florida. Check out this cool project I ran across based in Jacksonville.  Ignite* Adecco is an incubator/innovation lab project  that is fully funded by the world’s largest staffing firm, Adecco Group. Here’s [...]

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Highballs and Heineken at Work

October 14, 2012

Drinking in the workplace I think it’s time that I come clean.  I’ve been drunk at work more times than I care to remember, and none of it was my fault. Seriously…. No, this isn’t one of those posts where I tell you haven’t blogged for a couple of weeks because I was in rehab, [...]

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Don’t forget about the #TwEATOut

September 17, 2012

    Calling All Bloggers: Join the TwEAT OUT! Chefs & Culinary By Molly Burke September 6, 2012   What are you doing September 17th? Join us all day on Monday, September 17th and TwEAT OUT on behalf of Share Our Strength’s Dine Out For No Kid Hungry! Our goal is to spread awareness about [...]

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First speaking proposal for 2013 – check

September 14, 2012

Want to be a speaker?  Take a seat and start writing! I love to speak. It’s a great way for practitioners to share their knowledge, and not enough of us are out there doing it.   People often ask me how they might get started.   It’s very much like the old Mark Twain adage about how [...]

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(Data) Impression from HR Florida #HRFL12

August 30, 2012

Social Impressions from HR Florida We just wrapped the 2012 HR Florida State Conference.  I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about, but not a lot of time right now.  Ket’s go with this.  Thanks to my social tech members for being a part of our little events.  You know who you [...]

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Death by Infographic

August 22, 2012

Workplace Safety Infographic  There is no great commentary with today’s post, just a link to an interesting infographic, if you like that sort of thing. The topic of the infographic is “The Deadliest Job Isn’t What You Expect“. It’s worth checking out even if like me, you aren’t a workplace safety engineer. There is a [...]

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Looking for stories from “off the beaten path” workers, business people and non-traditional expats for an article

August 11, 2012

How to make a living in a foreign country I’m interested in collecting some information on “off the beaten path” careers and being a non-traditional expat working outside the United States. I frequently see stories and emails suggesting that you can make a living in non-US based countries by teaching English to non- English speakers [...]

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