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הי. נסיעה שלישית לחו״ל השנה, מדברת עברית ברחוב כל הזמן, לא טורחת להמציא שקר כששואלים מאיפה אני, מן הסתם שעוד לא הורדתי את התגים מהמזוודה. לא ראיתי תגובה שלילית אחת, אבל מישהו (זר) אמר ״שלום״ באופן רנדומלי ברחוב.

Bullying middle managers in acquisitions (aka mergers) After an acquisition, the bean counters step aside and the value they hoped to create often starts falling apart. There are many possible reasons for that; in this post I want to address one salient r...

Bullying middle managers in acquisitions (aka mergers)
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Kol kelb biji yomo-every dog's (final) days comes, one of our Yemenite nerds told be, before he was deported back to Sa'ana for working without a visa in the framework of our Diversity Plan 2025, aka, "Give everyone a Chance"

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Lessons from due diligence and post merger integration   I’ve had the privilege of working on both human due diligence before acquisitions and post-merger integration projects. Here’s what I’ve learned along the way—headlines only, because each is a ...

During due diligence, you learn less than 30% of what you’re acquiring.

Every company has a reason it’s being sold—and you might not know it until after deal closes.

Talk to executives who have left target company; they often tell the real story.

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Lessons from due diligence and post merger integration   I’ve had the privilege of working on both human due diligence before acquisitions and post-merger integration projects. Here’s what I’ve learned along the way—headlines only, because each is a ...

During due diligence, you learn less than 30% of what you’re acquiring.

Every company has a reason it’s being sold—and you might not know it until after the deal closes.

Talk to executives who have left target company; they often tell the real story.

www.blog.gr2010.com/lessons-from...

It’s not hard to understand why “working from home” is losing ground so quickly “Working from home” is losing ground as an alternative to on-site presence; it is not hard to understand why. Really, it’s not rocket science. But common sense is not so common-so I ...

Working from home deprives management of the outer accoutrements of power. Their larger office, parking spot, and various gadgets all disappear. Everything that visually separates them from the mob is wiped out by working from home.
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Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”

Outdated fluff A blog about HR, leadership and organization life, starring the first lady of HR, Gloria Ramsbottom-Lemieux

Software, by its very nature, is half-baked. It takes years to mature—like a banana. Most clients, bless their hearts, lack the mindset or technical sophistication to appreciate our work
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History is replaced by attributing failure 2 lack of will.
On the other hand, one needs to find levers for change. Whatever history was, it cannot be changed.
One last comment: Haiti suffers from every ill under the sun. If it were a car, it would be a total loss. Ant imho, nothing can fix it.

YouTube video by Gilbert & Sullivan Festival The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Little List

The Mikado, Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company, Little List

BY FAR, the best performance of Little List I have ever seen (and I have seen MANY)

youtu.be/TW_Ukl71OH4?... via @YouTube

When I consult executives who are about to/have just assumed a role in Asia, one of the first things I deal with is the need to understand the concept of face. Unlike many, I start with giving examples of face in the Western world.

For example-
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Phenomenal read!

Teamwork is not harmony or lovey-dovey “We had a 2 day session to improve teamwork. It consisted of a cooking class, feedback sessions and an exercise. Huge waste of time”. There are a few misconceptions about teamwork I want t...

When power is balanced, relationships improve due to the acknowledgment of mutual dependencies, no doubt the ultimate goal of any organizational development effort.

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Is Memory Loss a Manipulation? John to consultant: My boss Alexander told me that I would get a two month bonus by Jan 13. Yesterday at lunch, I reminded him, and he said, “I never promised you anything like that.” Does Alexander h...

Memory loss as a manipulation
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למה אירופה עד היום כל כך משקיעה בבניינים מדהימים לעומת כל היבשות האחרות?

Veteran Canadian broadcaster Howard Schwartz interviews me on the strategy and tactics of the on-going effort to downsize the American civil service.

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Queen Mary, corner of Decarie I left Montreal 55 years ago yet I cannot get Queen Mary, the corner of Decarie, out of mind. And I am very grateful for that. On the North West corner of this junction stood the kiosk where Nana Sadi...

Queen Marie, corner of Decarie. In Montreal

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Superb ethnography

Mr Blackwell’s Latin Classes and our “unseen” passage Time-1965 Place-Sir Winston Churchill High School,  Ville Saint Laurent, Quebec At 10.45, we went out to the school yard for morning recess in the -20 weather. Unlike other days during which we played...

Mr Blackwell’s Latin Classes and our “unseen” passage

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Swimming against the current: AI and OD On the subject of AI and OD, I (once again) find myself swimming against the current. OD, imho, is not Vaseline; i.e.: it’s not an enabler of fads which penetrate our mind space and create cures...

Do we want to train people to stop thinking, even more than they have since Mobile Phone University replaced learning from reputable universities?
That is not to say that AI does not have a place..
But to some extent, we all have a choice.
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The mother of all perks
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Adjusting compensation to cost of living A blog about HR, leadership and organization life, starring the first lady of HR, Gloria Ramsbottom-Lemieux

Cost of living adjustment-dealing with nerds who watch too many Danish labour union propaganda films
@mayadroeschler.bsky.social
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