Hiring for Insurance, or Potential?

The “job description” has achieved gospel status in the modern corporation, from startups to large multinationals. It lists tasks, responsibilities, competencies, skills, and anything else the hiring organization, through the hiring manager and HR specialist eyes, thinks is important to help filter and select candidates for a job. I refer to this hiring strategy, jokingly, […]

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The Startup CEO

There is no shortage of advice for startup CEOs, from books to blog posts, and an endless stream of online advice. The bigger the mainstream media buzz about startups, the better the chance of seeing almost every day something like “The 3 Most Important Characteristics of a Successful Startup CEO”. But I digress… I have […]

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Five Simple Rules

One of the “advantages” of working for a number of years is that you develop a small set of rules you apply to many (if  not most…) of the situations you encounter. The way you have those guidelines applied varies from project to project, however you need a way to make them known to the […]

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