Victor Rozek
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As I See It: Disorderly Conduct
February 26, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreCan you focus? Can you read this article without bits of your attention splitting off like excess electrons? Is your concentration stronger than the pull of distractions? Mine isn’t. I wish I could write my articles in one sitting, but usually I can’t. My mind wanders and my body follows. The kitchen needs tidying; the mail waits to be retrieved; Bill Moyers is on the radio and I revel in the reminder that wisdom has not perished from public discourse.
And because I work at home, I can indulge myself. In the winter, the sun is the worst distraction of
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As I See It: The Elusive Leader
February 12, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreYou have to have a degree in forbearance to read the Harvard Business Review. As you might expect, any publication boasting the Harvard imprimatur is not only likely to be pricey (which at $16.95 per issue it most assuredly is), but its pages are guaranteed to be brimming with Ivy League importance. Granted, the magazine publishes the results of scholarship and research, but it’s all so weighty and earnest that even the self-evident becomes profound by virtue of inclusion.
Take these startling revelations from a two-article expose on leadership in the February 2007 issue: “No one can be authentic
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As I See It: The Elusive Leader
February 12, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreYou have to have a degree in forbearance to read the Harvard Business Review. As you might expect, any publication boasting the Harvard imprimatur is not only likely to be pricey (which at $16.95 per issue it most assuredly is), but its pages are guaranteed to be brimming with Ivy League importance. Granted, the magazine publishes the results of scholarship and research, but it’s all so weighty and earnest that even the self-evident becomes profound by virtue of inclusion.
Take these startling revelations from a two-article expose on leadership in the February 2007 issue: “No one can be authentic
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As I See It: The Elusive Leader
February 12, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreYou have to have a degree in forbearance to read the Harvard Business Review. As you might expect, any publication boasting the Harvard imprimatur is not only likely to be pricey (which at $16.95 per issue it most assuredly is), but its pages are guaranteed to be brimming with Ivy League importance. Granted, the magazine publishes the results of scholarship and research, but it’s all so weighty and earnest that even the self-evident becomes profound by virtue of inclusion.
Take these startling revelations from a two-article expose on leadership in the February 2007 issue: “No one can be authentic
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As I See It: Measuring What Counts
January 29, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreSome things are just perfect. The smell of a pie baking in the oven; the laughter of children at play; the satisfaction of reading a great book. Ideas are like that too. Some are so compelling as to be irresistible. The notion that all men are created equal. The admonition to do onto others as you would have them do onto you. President Kennedy’s challenge to shoot the moon.
To a less dramatic degree, that’s the way I felt when I read David Cameron’s idea. He was certainly not the first to articulate this particular notion, much as Kennedy was
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As I See It: Measuring What Counts
January 29, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreSome things are just perfect. The smell of a pie baking in the oven; the laughter of children at play; the satisfaction of reading a great book. Ideas are like that too. Some are so compelling as to be irresistible. The notion that all men are created equal. The admonition to do onto others as you would have them do onto you. President Kennedy’s challenge to shoot the moon.
To a less dramatic degree, that’s the way I felt when I read David Cameron’s idea. He was certainly not the first to articulate this particular notion, much as Kennedy was
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As I See It: Measuring What Counts
January 29, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreSome things are just perfect. The smell of a pie baking in the oven; the laughter of children at play; the satisfaction of reading a great book. Ideas are like that too. Some are so compelling as to be irresistible. The notion that all men are created equal. The admonition to do onto others as you would have them do onto you. President Kennedy’s challenge to shoot the moon.
To a less dramatic degree, that’s the way I felt when I read David Cameron’s idea. He was certainly not the first to articulate this particular notion, much as Kennedy was
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As I See It: Questioning Retirement
January 8, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreAnother year begins. Perhaps this will be your final year of formal employment, or perhaps you have many more to go before confronting retirement. Regardless, there’s never a bad time to do some serious thinking about survival after the paychecks stop. But thinking is not unlike computing: stuff the brain with garbage, and garbage will emerge. And, according to the Wall Street Journal, many Americans are filling their heads with unfounded hope and betting their future on a set of risky assumptions.
The warning, coming as it does from the WSJ, is worth noting. The Journal is, after all,
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As I See It: Questioning Retirement
January 8, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreAnother year begins. Perhaps this will be your final year of formal employment, or perhaps you have many more to go before confronting retirement. Regardless, there’s never a bad time to do some serious thinking about survival after the paychecks stop. But thinking is not unlike computing: stuff the brain with garbage, and garbage will emerge. And, according to the Wall Street Journal, many Americans are filling their heads with unfounded hope and betting their future on a set of risky assumptions.
The warning, coming as it does from the WSJ, is worth noting. The Journal is, after all,
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As I See It: Questioning Retirement
January 8, 2007 Victor Rozek
… Read moreAnother year begins. Perhaps this will be your final year of formal employment, or perhaps you have many more to go before confronting retirement. Regardless, there’s never a bad time to do some serious thinking about survival after the paychecks stop. But thinking is not unlike computing: stuff the brain with garbage, and garbage will emerge. And, according to the Wall Street Journal, many Americans are filling their heads with unfounded hope and betting their future on a set of risky assumptions.
The warning, coming as it does from the WSJ, is worth noting. The Journal is, after all,