Cambio

It’s been three months since I’ve said my token goodbyes to some very good friends from my old work. I’ve finally quit the old job after spending nearly a decade associated with them. It seems like I’m well on my way dissociating myself from...
Aftermath

Aftermath

Nagising ako kahapon ng madaling araw. Tiningnan ko ang telepono at nakitang umaapaw ang Facebook at Twitter ng notifications. Puno ng posts at tweets mula sa mga kaibigan at dating propesor. Nasusunog ang Faculty Center at mukhang malubha. Tila matutupok at magiging...
Psychological safety

Psychological safety

Google shared “The five keys to a successful Google team.” I love reading these kinds of secret sauce that they claim make such organizations successful. Now, what’s supposed to be done with these kinds of information is to process them, reflect, see...
Failing critical discourse

Failing critical discourse

All that noise about Pacquiao probably wouldn’t die soon. Too bad in the midst of all of this, a lot is happening beyond a boxer’s unenlightened comments and the hate it stirred. In my circle of literary people, here’s what has happened just in the...
Bahala na

Bahala na

Any manager who doesn’t have a clear objective (or fail to communicate one) is destined for disappointment. It is critical to have a mutual understanding of expectations between team members when dealing with tasks. Some so-called managers don’t even...