by John G. Self | Nov 30, 2012 | Stories
This holiday season I have been introduced to Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley is a character in a book written by Jeff Brown. My grandson, Jack Henry, is reading Flat Stanley in his second grade class. Stanley was not always flat, but one day he met up with a falling...
by John G. Self | Nov 6, 2012 | Stories, Technology
On Monday when I returned to Dallas from a weekend trip I experienced, first hand, strategy trumping service, producing less than pleasing results. A Yellow cab driver, first in line, which means she was obligated to accept the first customer, refused to take me...
by John G. Self | Oct 24, 2012 | Stories, Technology
I propose that career professionals change two words: social media and elevator speech. First, to social media. I have found that a good many professionals, while they may embrace this new phenomenon for corporate marketing, turn up their noses at the idea of using...
by John G. Self | Oct 19, 2012 | Stories
There are two kinds of speech that I find really exasperating: consultant-speak and government jargon. Consultant-speak is perhaps the most irritating of the two because it represents a basic arrogance and disrespect. The arrogance occurs when these professionals...
by John G. Self | Oct 5, 2012 | Stories
Just east of the affluent Highland Park, a residential enclave in Dallas, there is a retail section called Knox Street, seven blocks of interesting restaurants, condos, shops and the recently expanded Apple Store. It is not uncommon on spring and fall afternoons to...
by John G. Self | Sep 7, 2012 | Stories, Technology
So much for the supposed speed and expanded access of news and information in the digital age. A Monday night fire in a 35-story residential tower in downtown Dallas damaged the building’s power system, plunging part of the adjacent office pavilion where the fire...
