by Team Grype | Dec 29, 2011 | Grypes |
A few weeks ago, Seth McFarlane (creator of such irreverent cartoon series as Family Guy and American Dad) posted to Facebook and commented “I wonder what President the corporations are going to buy us next year.” As Doomsday Year 2012 approaches, I must...
by Team Grype | Dec 27, 2011 | Grypes |
We’ve spent a lot of time here discussing bad behavior by employers; now let’s discuss the bad behavior of employees. Despite the twin destructive forces of greed and insensitivity that constantly work together to gum up the corporate works, sometimes a...
by Team Grype | Dec 22, 2011 | Grypes |
Every business must foster the type of working environment it deems appropriate. Modern management philosophy increasingly focuses on cost reduction; yet in honor of the season, I present two diametrically-opposite corporate workplace models. Anyone familiar with the...
by Team Grype | Dec 20, 2011 | Grypes |
This holiday season, in between the mad dash of gift shopping and the constant parade of glittering holiday diversions, I find my eyes glazing over at much of the agenda-driven, politically-motivated drivel spewed forth by the vast entertainment machine that has...
by Team Grype | Dec 15, 2011 | Grypes |
So the Iraq War officially ended last night, quietly and this time without any Presidential landing of a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier. This isn’t supposed to be a political blog, but a business one, so let’s crunch some numbers: Monetary cost of Iraq...