“After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.” ~ The Matrix As I look back over the last few years[…]

Christopher here: I’m pleased to welcome Alex Raymond, Founder and CEO of Kapta* as a guest blogger. Alex develops systems that promote personal responsibility and transparency at work. Now here’s Alex… We’ve all heard the expression, “The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing.” It’s a metaphor for internal disconnect and lack of communication. In a comedy[…]

Blogger’s note: This piece is abstracted and reblogged from the Cutter Consortium. I originally wrote it for their Business Technology Strategies Email Advisor, August 2012. You may not like what you are about to read. Most senior executives are steeped in a way of thinking that was already obsolete when you learned it. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it is.[…]

A few months ago I shared in a blog post my struggle to face and respond to a problem I never imagined would be one that I would encounter — my friend attempted to take her life. My “I can fix it” default mentality took over, and I convinced myself I could do something to keep this from ever happening[…]