by Tim Denning | Oct 4, 2021 | Startups
“He’s not a crackpot. He’s institutionalized.” Until a few years ago I’d never heard the word institutionalized. My corporate compadres taught me the word. The meaning is given to those who work as employees for long enough to get stuck in the corporate matrix. Just...
by Tim Denning | Sep 8, 2021 | Startups
Corporations sell us the snake oil of the elusive promotion to keep us motivated, and to make sure we stay away from side hustle dreams. Most of us are smart enough to understand a job title won’t make us happy. But we want the promotion because the cost of living is...
by Tim Denning | Jul 19, 2021 | Startups
Career decisions require my head to be WD-40’d. It’s the hardest part of a career. Do you stay or do you go? Do you hop on over to the greener grass, or stay on the pee-stained grass you’re already sitting on? Or do you go and look for a new field of dreams to work in...