The Legend of El Dorado, the mythical town of legend where the streets and buildings are made from solid gold, has captured the imaginations of greedy, poor bastards like myself for centuries. The idea that somewhere there’s a place of unimaginable wealth has leaked its way from legend and into faiths and religious beliefs. The…
Earlier today, Barron Trump, Donald Trump’s 11-year-old son, was watching TV when the disturbing image of Kathy Griffin holding his father’s severed, bloody head flashed on the screen. From reports, it appears he thought it was real and began to scream for his mother in terror. It’s hard to not feel for the kid. This…
Ah, diversity. Let’s go there, shall we? I can already see the eye-rolls in the back. Here in the United States conversations around diversity often result in people treating such conversations with eye-rolls and slight disdain. Familiarity breeds this disdain. Diversity has been around as a corporate buzzword for decades. We’ve all likely read a…
Blockhain is a revolutionary technology that is poised to transform everything we know about life and work. Blockchain is the most disruptive technology since the internet, and many experts believe it will actually be more disruptive to the internet. Corporations need to start seriously addressing, preparing, and planning for a world where blockhain technology serves…
Brand-new research out of South Korea suggests companies seeking to gain a competitive edge should focus on increasing perceptions of organizational procedural justice. The study included 400 surveys from full-time employees in Korean organizations, but its implications for business in the West extends far beyond the shores of the Korean Strait. The research was particular…
Once in college I went to the gym. And then I never went again. I decided that me and the gym just weren’t meant to be. My decision was aided partially because I felt deeply uncomfortable there. In college, there’s a lot of super ripped dudes showing off for the ladies. As hyper-skinny, tall, lanky guy, I…
Pepsi. United Airlines. Sean Spicer. What do these three have in common? They were all embroiled in massive controversies in the past week. Pepsi released an ad that can only be described as bizarre, featuring Instagram celebrity Kendall Jenner as a social justice warrior distributing Pepsi to presumably racially-biased cops. United Airlines had a passenger…
If I had one piece of advice for myself when I was in college it would be this, “Hey, you, guy with the floppy hair! You should go learn Excel now rather than later.” When I was in school, I took a computer science class. In class I was introduced to the basics of how to use…
Daniel Diffenderfer 