One of my favorite things about Amazon is that books are recommended based on your browsing history or prior purchases. I read a lot of business books – generally themed toward entrepreneurship & innovation or management. Recently I’ve been reading more …
I moved from a private university to a public one on January 1. In the private world, compensation was sometimes whispered about but few really knew how their peers, subordinates or supervisors were compensated. Oh speculation abounded, but having been …
I just finished The Illusions of Entrepreneurship: The Costly Myths That Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Policy Makers Live By by Scott A. Shane a Professor of Economics and the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Weatherhead School of Management at …
Three years ago, I was a competitor in the Bard Center Business Plan Competition. The first place winner for my year now teaches two courses in Social Entrepreneurship at the Bard Center. I am now the host of this amazing …
A former lab technician of mine who is now a graduate student in a Department of Biological Sciences sent this to me today. It may not be meaningful to anyone who has not spent time as an academic scientist but …
One of the best perks of my job is the ability to sit in on a variety of classes, especially when guest lecturers or students present. As a student I was one of those people who was always early and …
I found this image on Ben’s Blog today. It is truly the funniest (albeit saddest) thing I’ve seen in days. I largely grew up with this view of the world. Like the missing continent? I am somewhat ashamed to confess …
Something that I thought was lost has now been found. I can finally write about it as it is now official. On January 1, I begin a new professional journey. My escape the rut post was entirely auto-biographical. Those were …
I’ve been thinking a lot about Oprah Winfrey over the last few weeks. I’ve never seen her TV show but know that it is popular. She routinely makes the top 50 lists of the most powerful women in the world …
We finished up our HERS Institute Denver over the last two days. The last few sessions were on career mapping, diversity issues and leading from wherever you are within your organization. Overall, the HERS Institute over the last few months …