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My experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 7 – How I got canceled: They use your decency against you

Bill Holmes

Nov 28, 20203 min read

My experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 7 – How I got canceled: They use your decency against you

“A campaign ought to demonstrate the basic human decency of the candidate. That means your First Amendment rights end at the tip of your...

My experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 6 – How I got canceled: He owned the system

Bill Holmes

Nov 25, 20203 min read

My 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.”...

My experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 5 – How I got canceled: Abuse the process!

Bill Holmes

Nov 12, 20203 min read

My 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...

My experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 3 – How I got canceled: He faked being a victim

Bill Holmes

Oct 24, 20203 min read

My 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...

My experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 2 – How I got canceled: He aligned his resources

Bill Holmes

Oct 19, 20203 min read

My 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...

My experience with “Cancel Culture”, Part 1 – Background

Bill Holmes

Oct 14, 20203 min read

My 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...

Tip 3 for the Remote Manager – Follow the rules!

Bill Holmes

Sep 29, 20203 min read

Tip 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...

Tip 2 for the Remote Manager – Provide structure

Bill Holmes

Sep 18, 20202 min read

Tip 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...

Tip 1 for the Remote Manager – People First

Bill Holmes

Sep 3, 20203 min read

Tip 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...

The pandemic got you down? Look to Maslow!

Bill Holmes

Aug 16, 20203 min read

The 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 Holmes

Jul 31, 20202 min read

Chaos 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...

Using simple phrases to convey complex ideas

Bill Holmes

Jul 21, 20203 min read

Using 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...

Bill Holmes

Jul 8, 20203 min read

Persuasion 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....

Coring Pineapples and Other Management Follies

Bill Holmes

Jun 17, 20204 min read

Coring 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....

Bill Holmes

May 20, 20203 min read

Mankind’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...

Final Thoughts on COVID-19 – Risk Management Principles are the Key!

Bill Holmes

May 9, 20203 min read

Final 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...

COVID–19 My Predictions Part 6–Rejection of Science

Bill Holmes

May 2, 20203 min read

COVID–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...

COVID-19 My Predictions Part 5 – Skepticism about “Experts”

Bill Holmes

Apr 24, 20203 min read

COVID-19 My Predictions Part 5 – Skepticism about “Experts”

“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.” Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love...

COVID – 19 My Predictions Part 4 – The Fall of the Globalist

Bill Holmes

Apr 16, 20202 min read

COVID – 19 My Predictions Part 4 – The Fall of the Globalist

“We're exploring the possibility of building a wall to stem the exodus." "Don't be ridiculous," Goddard said. "Only idiots build walls.”...

COVID–19 My Predictions Part 3 – A Shift in Education

Bill Holmes

Apr 9, 20203 min read

COVID–19 My Predictions Part 3 – A Shift in Education

“Since most American students cannot simply pay their full tuition out of pocket, financing a college education often takes the form of...

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