I have posted before about how dumb it is to care about the ratio of a CEO’s pay to the median pay of all public company employees. Even dumb ideas also generate unintended consequences, and now it is open season … Continue reading
Category Archives: I’ve Been Thinking
This is not a political post. It is about perceptions and nomenclature and is not designed to be provocative (sorry for the disclaimer but this is necessary so that we can focus on ideas and not polemics). Nor is the … Continue reading
FIRST runs robotics competitions for High School students. The competition ends with a national championship round in Detroit. But yesterday, the Greater Boston Regionals were held at Revere High School, outside of Boston. It was an education. There were about … Continue reading
Digital data, its analysis and its use, is revolutionizing businesses of all types. According to an expert panel convened today by the New England Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors, either you digitize or die. What is it? It … Continue reading
The Boston Business Journal recently reported remarks by Alasdair Roberts, Director of the School of Public Policy at UMass Amherst, that a sense of fragility is inherently part of humankind’s experience. It is interesting that it should be reported in … Continue reading
Press reports advise us that the Red Sox are seeking to rename Yawkey Way, the street leading into the main entrance of Fenway Park, because of Tom Yawkey’s record of racial prejudice during his four-plus decades of team ownership. (There … Continue reading
Did the Red Sox schedule a super-early opening day game in Boston because they believe that Global warming has already arrived? Now that the iconic Sunday Times crossword puzzle is full of questions from television, modern pop music and rap, … Continue reading
Spent half a day at mile 16 vantage point for the Boston Marathon, which is conveniently down the street from my house. Beautiful day to set up a folding chair in the sun, start on one of yesterday’s crossword puzzles … Continue reading
At business breakfasts, why do hotels put out huge bread baskets of rolls and buns when no one in a suit will touch them at that hour in the morning? What do they do with the untouched food, I wonder. … Continue reading
Yesterday I posted about House of Representatives action encouraging companies to share with the Federal government information bearing on cyber security. Intrigued by substantial negative votes cast against what looked much like a no-brainer, I sought some texture on the issue … Continue reading