kburns

I’ve been working on a sales role for one of my best clients.  Although finance/accounting is my specialty, it’s fun when a loyal client asks me to step into another area for a one-off search.  It’s an opportunity for me to stay sharp and engage with different personality types. [...]

Last week, I had the privilege of being stuck in an elevator with several other people. It was a fascinating study in human behavior. Going up, we stopped on Floor Three, and a few more folks got on. Then something odd happened. As the doors closed, we started falling. [...]

Every day I’m told several times how busy someone is. I’ve gone through an evolution in how I choose to receive that information. First, I was empathetic. I’d take a moment to sincerely acknowledge the person’s current state. After a while, I adopted the eye-roll, listening and then moving [...]

There have always been people who want something for nothing. But there are many more of them now. Technology has made important things free. Take knowledge, for example. My nephew flips diesel pickups as a hobby. He researches dozens of pickups online in search of one that has problems [...]

Technology continues to make tasks easier and faster to execute.  Until the mid-19th Century, if you needed to communicate with someone, you had to either write a letter or be face-to-face.  Now all you have to do is press a button. Yet…although the methods have changed dramatically, and things [...]