Archive for August, 2007

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HR Shadow Puppets

Friday, August 31st, 2007

GREAT Shadow Puppetry – The funniest home videos are here
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My friend, Bill, used to talk about people using shadow puppets when they weren’t prepared. I’ve sometimes felt like that when I hear weak discussions about “HR needs a place at the table” instead of HR [...]

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You Know You’re Old in HR When…

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Today is Guy Kawasaki’s birthday, and he did a fascinating post called You Know You’re Getting Old When…. It’s a fun read. I even contributed three to the mix. Go have a look. You’ll get a laugh. In that spirit, here are a few HR-related “you know you’re old when” statements.
You know you’re old in [...]

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The Company Without Us

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

I’ve been fascinated with Alan Weisman’s book, The World Without Us. The book looks at what would last and what would decay in a world without people. Some things start to fall apart after days. Without us, the New York subways would flood in a week, bridges would crumble in 50 years, and CO2 levels [...]

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Goggle’s Used-Generated Gmail Video

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Goggle did a fun promotion asking Gmail users to submit a little snippet of video that passed the Gmail logo from left to right on the camera. They got thousands of submissions and compiled many of them into this clip. (If you can’t see the embedded video, click here.)
It would be so cool to do [...]

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Give High School Grads a Chance

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

There are no entry level jobs anymore.
My friend Rich M. said that to me at least 13 years ago. He was talking about the idea that a person could start out at the bottom with a high school diploma and work his way up. That’s how it used to be in the old days. That’s [...]