On the danger of asking your interview panel to take out their phones

There's a clip somewhere online of Simon Sinek bemoaning a new reality that many of us have come to groan about in this post-COVID era: QR codes for menus in restaurants. But Sinek doesn't wax nostalgic about paper menus or the poor structure of the new digital ones—he's concerned about how QR code menus are … Continue reading On the danger of asking your interview panel to take out their phones →

On feeling hangry

I forgot my lunch the other day. An irregular schedule—along with a schedule’s habits—is one of those odd pitfalls of hybrid work that I didn’t see coming. So it’s become a pattern for me, on those two days each week that I drive into my office, to forget to pack a lunch. Annoyed, I figured … Continue reading On feeling hangry →

If interviews don’t work, shouldn’t we get rid of them?

In my role as an A/E/C marketer, one of my responsibilities is to help teams prepare for project interviews—even though clients would probably be better served by not conducting them at all. In fact, research has shown interviews to be a poor barometer for actual on-the-job performance. In fact, clients would be better served avoiding … Continue reading If interviews don’t work, shouldn’t we get rid of them? →