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Who’d a Thunk It?

Have you ever noticed how sometimes an attempt to fix one problem can set off an entire series of unintended (and often unpleasant) consequences which we never anticipated? The first example which comes to mind was during my career as an insurance industry business analyst. When a state insurance commission required our sales agents to … Continue reading →

The Dilbert Way

Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip is my hero.  Having spent twenty-five years in “Corporate America” I know of no one else who so adequately captures the utter ridiculousness of life in the modern business world.  I think what is most pathetic is the realization that there are some (usually at the uppermost … Continue reading →

Shedding the Golden Handcuffs

June 10, 2028 – I was fresh out of college and had landed my first “real” job – a management trainee position at a major insurance company.  It was my very first day, and the representative from the “Personnel” department (the 1980s name for Human Resources) presented me with a large envelope containing my “Benefits … Continue reading →