The crisis in Ukraine follows patterns of history. While it has become a cliché, what’s happening now on the eastern edge of Europe echoes crises of history, particularly the Second World War. To illustrate, this blog will compare the opening moves of those days with what’s happening in Ukraine now. I think a […]
Today’s hottest buzzword is “onboarding.” A group of corporate Internet professionals has “onboarding” an official part of a major, inter-departmental project, as in “The onboarding phase will continue until buy-in has been obtained from a significant majority of players in this space.” See what they’ve done here: defined one buzzword with another in a passive […]
“A camel is a horse designed by a committee.” That’s been attributed to more than one person, and it’s an excellent way to describe written documents that get approved by authorities who are more concerned about things other than the content of the documents themselves. In other words, documents produced by corporations and governments. […]
This blog was originally published a year ago, as the oil bubble is deflated. I have updated it in the context of the current election campaigns going strong in Canada and the US. The bubble blows It seems that everyone, including economists and political leaders, need to be reminded of the definition of bubble regularly, […]
Annihilus, copyright Marvel Comics Parliament has reconvened in Ottawa, and the buzz is already about the next election—which could be more than a year away. I’m bracing myself for a year of public negativity to come. In Canada, all the parties are already in full campaign mode. And in the US, the presidential election process […]
Let’s stop calling payments made by executives to themselves “bonuses.”
What crisis? The news media keep referring to the current storm in Parliament, where a Liberal-NDP coalition, supported by the Bloc Québecois, are trying to replace the Conservative government, as as a “crisis.” Peter Mansbridge, CBC TV’s news anchor, CBC Radio news, the front page of the Globe and Mail, and more all use […]