On Taking Feedback

This blog post is brought to you by the letters J, A, S, O, and N. There is an old screenwriter’s rule-of-thumb: If someone reading your script tells you it has a problem, they’re probably right. If they try to tell you exactly what’s wrong,...

Whose need comes first?

A small company in Utah recently went through a few rounds of layoffs. I bet you can repeat along with me how they announced it to employees. It’s nothing personal, but . . . Well, in these tough times sometimes you just have to . . . The reality of 21st century...

Joint-blogging: Introducing Jason McDonald

The world is full of interesting people. In the last week I met a fascinating Zen Buddhist master, known world-wide for helping develop something called “The Big Mind”, and a retired university professor who was on the delegation to Iraq after the war, the...

I hate to brag, but…

…I’ve got some pretty sweet skills! (mostly learned in the good ol’ days when I used to fight with ninjas) You’re only allowed to watch this on the condition that you promise not to get too jealous…