"Communication" Blogs & Blog Posts

"I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then." Lewis Carroll We grow in tiny bursts of new awareness that push us forward until the next lesson comes along. If we miss or ignore these...

Baby books are great. All those little handwritten notes about their first words and first tooth and first daycare pals. And of course you include pictures taken during your baby’s first haircut or while eating mashed up banana for the first time.R...

Most communities, online or offline, come with some hard boundaries: no hate speech, no threats, no harassment. But a good community recognizes some more borderline behavior—stuff that isn’t as obviously terrible but can still slowly eat away at...

When low can't go lower, eventually you hit a bottom, and bottoms, personally and professionally, are profoundly important. Everything gets rearranged at the bottom: your hopes, your dreams, your memories, and most importantly, your ego. As lonely as...

Damien Chazelle stood face to face with a chunk of the moon. The triangular moon rock was held in a vise, under glass: chicken-nugget-size and light gray, with glimmering specks of crystal. "That's really cool, Chazelle said, leaning in. He...

Writing a book is a journey throughout our careers, where we have encountered situations and had experiences that have now been incorporated into the "The Manager's Answer Book". There is always something new to learn in your work to become...

What do you do when someone asks you a question? If the words "answer it" formed in your head, you're WRONG! "You should respond to a question," argues co-author James O. Pyle. "Responding to a question is better than answeri...