Live In The Time of Quarantine Don’t Drink the Poison Blind anger makes it hard to find our way. I heard a story once about a man who complained that every time he tried to quit smoking, everyone around him became oversensitive. The truth, of course, was that the stress of withdrawal caused him to be rude, grouchy, and ill-tempered; he offended everyone. Recently, it […] Written by BPH February 16, 2021May 6, 2021
Live In The Time of Quarantine It’s Been a Year Thinking about an anniversary we didn’t expect to celebrate. On Saturday, January 30, I was catching up on some work and thinking about how much I miss the proximity of my team. We haven’t been together in about a year. Of course, we talk and email constantly. We text a lot. We use video conferencing. […] Written by BPH February 10, 2021May 6, 2021
Live In The Time of Quarantine Diversify Your People Portfolio It’s a business decision. I’ve written about diversity before and I’m pretty sure this won’t be the last time. It’s something I’m passionate about, because it matters on so many levels. That’s why I’m always caught off guard when people assume that corporate diversity initiatives, like the ones we have at Freeman, are somehow designed […] Written by BPH January 29, 2021May 6, 2021
Live In The Time of Quarantine Resiliency and Resolve Gearing up for the next marathon. I am by nature an optimistic person, but I have to admit that 2020 pushed me about as hard as I’ve been pushed in recent memory. That’s probably why I greeted the dawn of 2021 with an almost superstitious sense of optimism — as if a single night’s sleep […] Written by BPH January 15, 2021May 6, 2021
Live In The Time of Quarantine Unplanned Obsolescence Relevance is the outcome of choices and actions. I like to imagine that years from now I will be socializing with colleagues and, like old soldiers, we will recount stories from the darkest days of our careers way back in 2020. It’s taken a toll on everyone, in more ways than we can begin to […] Written by BPH December 18, 2020May 6, 2021
Live In The Time of Quarantine A Labor of Love A salute to the people who get it done For more than 100 years, Americans and Canadians have celebrated Labor Day on the first Monday in September. The national holiday was born out of the struggle by ordinary men and women to organize around workers’ rights. It’s a day to honor the dignity of a […] Written by BPH September 3, 2020October 23, 2020
