When do people work here?
“Nothing is as useless as doing efficiently what shouldn’t be done at all” (Peter Drucker) A client recently remarked, “I’m in meetings all day, when am I supposed to do my work?” I asked around me and found that most people spend almost half of their work time in meetings, and one of every three […]
I don’t have time
“I don’t have time”, we all say. It’s almost a sign of status: not complaining about lack of time makes you appear unimportant. However, time is the only thing we have. Your belongings come and go, but time walks with you as long as you live. Or perhaps, as the philosopher Julian Serna says, we […]
From the mat to the office
No, yoga is for sure not a new trend. It has been practiced for centuries in India and it started conquering the attention of some minorities in the west in the seventies of last century. Those of us who started practicing decades ago are amused and happy seeing how yoga has become such a mainstream […]
Ageism, the pending issue in diversity and inclusion plans
When I write these lines I am about to turn 60. I believe this age qualifies me to comment on the challenges experienced by senior talent in the professional world. As it is trendy to give names and tags to everything, i am happy to accept the tag “senior” (which means older in Latin), and […]