Take Back Sharing: Why #Uber , #Lyft and #AirBnB are not part of the sharing economy
mhsutton Sharing is… a babysitting circle When my wife was growing up, her parents – like many young parents of the day – needed to organize childcare. They were far away…
NSFW: Why bad meetings are like drinking piss from a golden goblet.
Actually this post is very suitable for work. I would suggest you organise a meeting and read this together, then decide how you might stop your meetings from being things…
Try These 3 Ideas For More Successful Employment Interviews
Over the last 20 years I have participated in countless interviews – even conducted a few myself. But recently I have been thinking more deeply about what an interview really…
3 Things Recruiters Could Do to Deliver A More Valuable Service
Recently I have been looking for some paid work. Things are quiet on my own ventures, with my partners and previous clients and so, as part of my strategy, I…
'For' vs 'With' – usage on the web!
As I searched the web for images to use for my recent post on “I want to work with you, not for you”, I search google for “work for us”…
I want to work with you, not for you.
What does ‘working for someone’ mean to me. To me, it means a transaction of employment – between an employer, who pays you for X – and the employee who…
Despair – the place between death and defiance
Imagine you couldn’t swim and you fell into a deep pool. As you sped down to the bottom — sinking lower and lower, confused and afraid. Your only hope. To reach the…
Why #Medium is not for me right now
I love the wide group of writers on Medium. I love the writing experience. I love the reading experience. I hate the inflexibility of publishing. – No scheduling, no on-publish…
What the Croods taught me about #Startups.
Know when to use a search party and when to form a kill circle. There is a great scene in the movie The Croods where the following exchange took place…
Pretend you didn't know me, how would you respond?
If this arrived in your inbox in response to a ‘job’ ad, how would you respond – if you even bothered to? Hi I’m Mike and I was exploring the…