It came to mind that I toss around a handful of phrases with enough frequency and a long enough time that I feel they have sufficiently affected how I orient myself to what is around me. Maybe some will have meaning to you. Fifty percent of people are better off than you, and 50 percent [...]

I’m always interested in workflow management. How can I, and the people around me, become more efficient, to get more and better work done in more condensed periods of time. Real work flow is developed over time and with people whose work ethic you respect. But there are concepts to be had about getting that [...]

I am leaving my role as Media Director for Back on My Feet, the running-based program to combat homelessness. I tendered my resignation last Thursday, Nov. 11 and our staff was alerted Monday. My last day will be Friday, Dec. 3, so I’ve offered a full three weeks to help the transition process at an [...]

More than a year ago, I handled a half dozen interviews and a couple rewrites on a story for the Inquirer that covered what Philadelphia workplaces will look like in the future. As is sometimes the case, it never found its home in print. The story’s primary timeliness has been lost, but I think it [...]

With 100 simple rules they attribute to their success organized in a dozen chapters spread across fewer than 300 short pages, the founders of web firm 37signals aim to affect any organization or business culture with Rework, their management style book that was released in March. It has gotten quite a bit of attention — [...]

I’ve decided to step away from self-employment. I’ve spent the last year of my life freelancing, by some accounts, at perhaps the worst time to do so in my life and arguably the worst time in the history of journalism. After a meeting of the most influential media leaders in the region made clear no [...]