Do you live in the San Diego area? Are you interested in how personality type and gender influence personal financial decisions – who’s most likely to get rich and who is at risk to be poor? If so, mark your calendar for September 17, 2016. I’ll...
This month, when I wasn’t talking with reporters, I was traveling. A high point was speaking at the Advertising Specialty Institute’s annual Power Summit for CEO’s and executives in the advertising specialty industry. Executive sales recruiter Kelly O. Kay and I joined ASI’s Rob Watson...
If you work in social media, or have an interest in the privacy issues raised by social media, this month’s recommendation is for you. I usually recommend non-fiction, but fiction can paint a thought-provoking picture that is hard to beat, and Pulitzer Prize nominee Dave...
Written from the point of view of an IT operations leader who never aspired to the job in the first place, this laugh-out-loud funny corporate novel provides a useful and pragmatic perspective on how to leverage IT to gain competitive advantage. I recommend it for...
Are you a start-up founder looking for guidance, but you’re not in an accelerator? It can be difficult to find mentors and advisors when you are on your own. Do you have start-up experience that could help others? There’s not always a ready outlet to help...
In these busy final weeks of the year, it can be hard to fit in exercise, yet we need it now more than ever, so this month, I’m recommending my favorite in-office 3-5 minute exercise routines, at http://abeforfitness.com/index.html. Just click on the Office button and pick...
For all interpreters of the MBTI® instrument and for others who have been following the threads on the MBTI vs. Big Five debate, I heartily encourage you to check out thought leaders and authors Linda Berens (http://lindaberens.com/why-personality-type-instruments-dont-work/) and Jane Kise (http://www.janekise.com/2013/09/do-you-really-know-and-use-your-4-letter-mbti-code/#!) Berens wrote a very informative...
>Here’s a brilliant and artistic Goth rendering of Dr. Kathy O’Donnell, Chair of the Department of Marketing at San Francisco State University, alongside Yours Truly. O.k., maybe it’s just a candid photo with particularly bad lighting. Nonetheless, seeing Dr. O’Donnell reminded me of a fascinating study...
While I usually don’t stray far from business in my recommendations, this TEDx video by my esteemed colleague makes the cut: Jane Kise Neuroscience, Math, Type. Jane Kise is the world’s foremost expert on how psychological type influences math learning. Anyone who teaches, trains, has school-aged...
The Bay Area chapter of the Association for Psychological Type International (APTi) is offering a fantastic line-up of programs from January through May. APTi serves as the global professional association for people who use the MBTI and similar instruments in their work. However, many of...