1: “On May 24, 2002, in Google’s kitchen at 2400 Bayshore Parkway in Mountain View, California, Google founder Larry Page pinned a note to the wall: 

“THESE ADS SUCK.”

Ouch.

“In the early 2000s, some of the best minds in America were competing quietly in a race,” Daniel Coyle writes in The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups.

“The goal was to build a software engine that … continue reading

I lost my cool yesterday.  True story.  Those who know me know that isn’t my “go to.”  

Being overtired plus my perception of a lack of urgency on a long-standing business issue sent me over the edge.  I raised my voice.  The whole nine yards.  

To top it off, this happened on a day on which I wrote a blog post on “Conversations Worth Having.”  

The irony wasn’t lost … continue reading