Bill Holmes2 days ago3 minMy experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 6 – How I got canceled: He owned the system “Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.” Henry Kissinger “Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.” Fra...
Bill HolmesNov 123 minMy experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 5 – How I got canceled: Abuse the process!“It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who...
Bill HolmesOct 313 minMy experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 4 – How I got canceled: Lies, lies and more lies!“I’m not upset that you lied to me; I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” Friedrich Nietzsche “Lies are like cockroaches, for ...
Bill HolmesOct 243 minMy experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 3 – How I got canceled: He faked being a victim“This is the culture of the micro-aggression, where people literally seek out opportunities to be offended....Victim status is so desirab...
Bill HolmesOct 193 minMy experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 2 – How I got canceled: He aligned his resources“There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests.” Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston “Now the only sure basis of an a...
Bill HolmesOct 143 minMy experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 1 – Background"Cancel culture is not actually about justice. It is about control. People use cancellation to force conformity to ideals.” Teal Swan “Th...
Bill HolmesSep 293 minTip 3 for the Remote Manager – Follow the rules!“People. They're not all bad, but do you really want to risk it? Perhaps that was the unofficial motto of the Soviet Union...” Dmitry Dya...
Bill HolmesSep 182 minTip 2 for the Remote Manager – Provide structure“I thrive in structure. I drown in chaos.” Anna Kendrick, Scrappy Little Nobody “Structure significantly influences behavior, thereby dra...
Bill HolmesSep 33 minTip 1 for the Remote Manager – People First"Remote work is the future of work." Alexis Ohanian, Reddit "You can never over-communicate enough as a leader at a company, but at a rem...
Bill HolmesAug 163 minThe pandemic got you down? Look to Maslow!“Overthinking is not a disease; it is due to the underuse of your creative power.” Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations “Your ...
Bill HolmesJul 312 minChaos isn’t a pit, it’s a ladder“Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is the ladder, and the climb is all there is.” Petyr Baelish, Game of Thrones “In the midst of chaos, there is ...
Bill HolmesJul 213 minUsing simple phrases to convey complex ideas“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World “Without education, we are in a ho...
Bill HolmesJul 83 minPersuasion through unusual words“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” George Orwell, 1984 “Don't use words too big for the subject. Don'...
Bill HolmesJun 304 minMy experience with online proctoring – Part 2“There is no substitute for hard work.” Thomas Edison “If you are going through hell, keep going.” Winston Churchill I just completed the...
Bill HolmesJun 174 minCoring Pineapples and Other Management Follies“Listen to those under your supervision. Really listen. Don’t act as if you’re listening and let it go in one ear and out the other. Faki...
Bill HolmesJun 122 minMy experience with PMI® online proctoring – Part 1“All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.” Erma Bombec...
Bill HolmesJun 33 minWhat is the “Point of Total Assumption”? And why do I care?“Never test the depth of river with both feet.” Warren Buffet “Winners are simply willing to do what losers won't.” Prachi Patel The cont...
Bill HolmesMay 203 minMankind’s Greatest Invention!“Put a good person in a bad system and the bad system wins, no contest.” W. Edwards Deming “Management by results - like driving a car by...
Bill HolmesMay 93 minFinal Thoughts on COVID-19 – Risk Management Principles are the Key!“Business people need to understand the psychology of risk more than the mathematics of risk.” Paul Gibbons, The Science of Successful Or...
Bill HolmesMay 23 minCOVID–19 My Predictions Part 6–Rejection of Science“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.” Bertrand Russell “Science is the g...
