The relationships between organizations and individuals are always interesting. The balance of power between an employee and the corporation. Or the duty of a citizen to her country. Where do the responsibilities of the individual end – or do they – and where do they…
In the case of Instagram I was not an early adopter. Or even a late adopter. In fact it’s only been a few weeks since I got started. I was inspired to get into it while watching Matt Spicer’s Ingrid Goes West (Elizabeth Olsen image above, Aubrey…
This article by Michael Pollock appeared first on Forbes.com Do you consider your working self to be creative? Of course you do. You’re always sure there’s a better way to get things done. Your creativity might manifest itself in the innovative way you manage a…
This article by Michael Pollock first appeared on Forbes.com If you’re not always thinking about what should be next for you in your career — and what might be next after that — you may well find your working life following a trajectory that is…
I invite you to spend a few minutes answering just 6 questions about the next steps in your career. I believe that thinking about these questions will be helpful to you as you consider where you are headed in your career. And it will be…
Wait…what?? Yikes — really? Well that’s what I was told by some paintings featured at the Whitney Biennial. I was moved to take a longer look at the raw material for those startling works, an essay by Ian Svenonius, which was here interpreted beautifully by Frances Stark’s…
This article by Michael Pollock was first published on forbes.com Truly creative professionals are always searching for new ways to do better, more interesting work. It could be a promotion, a change of job, an evolution of their artistic style, an innovative technology, a new…
Are you stuck in place at your job? There are a number of reasons why you might not be advancing as fast as you feel you should be. It could be that your boss has changed (don’t they always) and doesn’t know you and your…
Alfred P Sloan – a onetime GM chairman – once ended a board meeting shortly after it had begun saying: “I take it we are all in complete agreement on the decision….Then I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting…
Just because you like being ECD, or COO or SVP Design Director in one place doesn’t mean that a like-titled job somewhere else will be the same. Just because you feel you should have your boss’s title doesn’t mean you’ll be happy when you get it. Titles…
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