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Happy Companies Make Loyal Employees – The Tribe Effect; Third in a Series
Posted: June 20, 2017
For 99 percent of human existence, we lived in small family groups or bands for foraging and hunting. These informal collections of two or three nuclear families evolved into tribes – a bit larger, less mobile and with some kind of formal leadership. For we westerners, this means extended family, clans or even small towns. […]
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Fire Up the Grill
Posted: June 13, 2017
Summertime is in the air! It’s time for firing up the grill for burgers and dogs!! But before you pullout the charcoal and grilling accessories, take a minute to consider how to cook your meat properly. According to the National Cancer Institute, grilling your meats at high temps can cause potentially cancer-causing chemicals to form […]
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Happy Companies Make Loyal Employees – Brain versus Brawn; Second in a Series
Posted: June 6, 2017
To begin this discussion, I would like to quote from chapter three of What Happy Companies Know. When modern humanity emerged from the mists of history a few thousand years ago, we were the nerds of the Paleolithic age. Gorillas could kick sand in our face and take our banana money. The major predators could see, […]
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Happy Healthy Hump Day: It’s Picnic Season – Let’s Talk Food Safety
Posted: May 31, 2017
With Memorial Day behind us, we officially embark on picnic season. The season where food is taken outside and well, let’s be honest, not always prepared and chilled as it should be. My mother would tell you this became my biggest pet peeve after finishing my first year of graduate school. I took a food […]
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A Problem with the Math: Why Single Payer May Not Ever Be in the Cards
Posted: May 30, 2017
The frustration caused by soaring health care costs and our nation’s difficulty dealing with this increasing crisis is driving some states to consider their own “single-payer” health care system. California is the latest state to consider this move and also the latest to be shocked by the price tag. Colorado, New York, Vermont, and now […]
