A mash up of the humorous, interesting, insightful and sometimes just strange interweb occurrences that you probably missed to catch up on this weekend.
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: “Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?”
The man below says: “Yes, you’re in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field.”
“You must be an engineer” says the balloonist.
“I am” replies the man. “How did you know.”
“Well,” says the balloonist, “everything you have told me is technically correct, but it’s no use to anyone.”
The man below says “you must be in management.”
“I am” replies the balloonist, “but how did you know?”
“Well,” says the man, “you don’t know where you are, or where you’re going, but you expect me to be able to help. You’re in the same position you were before we met, but now it’s my fault.“
Now, on to the links!
- Embracing What’s Wrong to Get to What’s Right: An inspiring article by Tony Schwartz of the Harvard Business Review on how he handled criticism and negativity from his team.
- Bosses Behaving Badly: Daring to ask the question “Just how many wives should a male chief executive have?”
- AIIM Webinar: Practical Steps to Integrating Your ECM System with Other Applications to Improve Processes: The title says it all.
- Florida unemployment drops to 9 percent in March: It has been on a steady decline for nine months now; always good news.
- European Patents to Go Paperless : The European Patent Office is one of the largest patent companies in the world. If they can do it, anyone can do it.
What were your favorite stories of the week?
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