The costs of being a specialist. "They call me the Milk Guy."
I have been to three different Atlantic Superstore locations in the last week looking for our favourite ice cream, which is out of stock...


Asking for help: 3 questions to help you recognize good business advice.
Every business person reaches a moment when the next steps, or the solution to a vexing problem is elusive. From start-ups to mature...


Personalized media, polarized world
Last month I wrote about being a market segment of one in “The Age of Personalization.” I had been planning a follow-up blog, applying...


The Frenchman and the Spaniard
In the fourth chapter (out of more than 100) of Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo, the villainous supercargo (purser) of the...


Privacy, Taste, Preferences, & Relationships
Recently I was in Ottawa. I stayed at Swiss Hotel for three nights in May. How did I choose the hotel? I discovered the hotel on Expedia,...


Flattery - an introduction
I am always grateful when someone offers to write a blog for www.itisadityjob.com. As I have mentioned, producing a weekly blog among my...
Flattery — How awesome is that?
One of the perplexing things about Dante’s Divine Comedy (the dramatic date of which is the year 1300 A.D.) is why flattery is placed so...

