Rick Smith

What do Paris Hilton and Twitter have in common? Runner Up Answers:  - The content stops at or before 140 characters. - You never feel fresh no matter how often you refresh. Correct Answer: - They are easy, but you are never really sure why you are doing it. OK, OK, begin your “you are a sexist pig” ...

  Among bread molds, Neurospora is a virtual citadel.  Neurospora crassa is a species of bread mold that is so averse to variation that whenever a large segment of DNA gets duplicated—a critical step in genetic evolution—it bombards the copy with what are known as “point mutations” that effectively turn the genetic ...

We have all felt it.  The brief chant of approval from the crowd.  The promotion.  The plaque.  The prize.    Applause is a powerful drug.  It is euphoric.  It is addictive.  It is deceiving. Applause gave us “Balloon Boy”.  Our quest for applause often leads us down murky paths.  We follow a career ...

Want to take your career from Great to Good?  It's simple:  get promoted…in the wrong direction.  It is fact of life – your work will change dramatically over time.  A job is merely a set of activities that you are asked to do.  A set of behaviors on which you are ...

Karmunication (n): Conversation that inspires the direction of your future. I have worked for many great managers: able to organize and delegate tasks to meet objectives. I have worked for several great leaders:  inspiring the entire team or organization toward a predefined path. But the leaders I remember most, those who made the ...

Management, in the short term, is easier than Leadership. Management is about control.  It is reaching your arms way out and grabbing onto as much as you can, and controlling it.  Leadership is about inspiring a whole bunch of things that are out of your control. Management is about power. Leadership is about ...