by Artie Isaac | Jun 7, 2010 | On Ethics
After a while, it can really go to your head. And I don't need anything more going to my head. It's fully inflated already. But, I do declare, as I sit in the wings and hear Miss Maudie praise Atticus Finch, it's heartwarming to take her kind words...
by Artie Isaac | May 30, 2010 | On Ethics
Now that we have a political action group called Raging Grannies, I think it's safe to say that I saw an old lady protesting yesterday by the neighborhood B.P. filling station. White hair in the wind, she displayed an illegible sign, but her sour face and spare...
by Artie Isaac | May 21, 2010 | On Ethics
Rehearsals are well underway for To Kill A Mockingbird. And, among the many issues with which we must wrestle — beyond stage blocking, memorization, dialect, intention — is the prevalent and dramatic use of the word: "nigger." Let's Set The StageSeveral...
by Artie Isaac | May 2, 2010 | On Ethics, Unsolicited Suggestions
Question: Is talk cheap? Answer: Not in a rich life. I've been inside a few highly successful companies recently, taking notes on the words they choose. And how the words they choose lead to functional or dysfunctional teams. Here are some examples of phrases that...
by Artie Isaac | Feb 22, 2010 | Living an engaged life, On Ethics, Unsolicited Suggestions
When I'm wrong and I know it, I apologize. (That's part of my handshake document.)That's easy.But what if I am not wrong — dag nab it — and you are the one that's wrong here?Well, then, I'll just pull up a chair and wait for you to apologize to me....
by Artie Isaac | Feb 8, 2010 | Living an engaged life, On Ethics
Dear Boss,What a great company retreat. Thanks for lunch, dinner and lunch again. Thanks for the learning. And thanks placing me in a pond of brilliant fish.Here's what I didn't have time to say…I sold my first company a couple years ago. Now I've...
