The Internet is Pretty Great

The world is small and good. Social media and the internet is pretty great. Years ago, my husband worked for Monsanto/Searle/Pharmacia. He made drugs. The entity was acquired by Pfizer, so we moved to Kalamazoo for his career. I also worked for Pfizer and had an office in Building 88 in Kalamazoo, which was a…

Voice of HR

If anybody is the “Voice of HR,” it’s Mark Stelzner. Years ago, Jason Seiden and I worked with our buddy Mark to make magic happen with the #VoiceofHR brand. While we never made it work as a company, we had a booth and went to some conferences. Isn’t that all that matters? I have about…

Practice Mono-Tasking, Not Multi-Tasking

There is nothing less American than a northern California shower. The hotels all have low-flow shower heads — even the luxury hotels — and you can’t get yourself clean or wash the shampoo out of your hair. You walk around the Bay Area half-clean, half-soaped and half-bathed. Also, while long and decadent showers aren’t good…

How to Support Our Friend Jason Seiden

Hi, everybody. There’s one thing that is true about the HR community: When one of us hurts, all of us hurt. That’s why I’m very sad to share the news that Elle Taylor Seiden, the beloved daughter of our friend Jason Seiden, lost her life on July 22nd after bravely battling a debilitating disease called…