by Mark O'Brien | Apr 13, 2020
Does anything lend itself to satire any better than Harvard Business Review (HBR)? I don’t think so, either. It’s almost as if the editors are trying to let us know HBR has become a parody of itself without coming out and telling us HBR has become a parody...
by JoAnna Bennett | Apr 9, 2020
DARKNESS & NEW LIFE Darkness Brings New Life JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 9 April 2020 The sunshine was peeking through the curtains as I opened my eyes. I’m in my warm, cozy bed with my son curled up in my left armpit and my daughter...
by Mark O'Brien | Apr 6, 2020
It’s the end of the world as we know it. No. I don’t mean the coronavirus. More of us will survive that than not. No. I don’t mean the economic nightmare caused by the coronavirus. While it will take time to recover, recover we will, along with many...
by JoAnna Bennett | Apr 2, 2020
FIERCE & FREE I Choose Free JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 2 April 2020 Last week, I wrote an essay that was published by BizCatalyst360 entitled, Live Free or Die, which is my take on the current coronavirus situation, our history as a nation,...
by Mark O'Brien | Mar 30, 2020
Because I value my cogntive capacities so highly — and because I recoil in morbid fear at the prospect of my brain being turned to oatmeal — I avoid local and network newscasts with the same fervent determination with which I avoid drinking myself into a coma while...
by JoAnna Bennett | Mar 26, 2020
TELECOMMUTING & YOU Two Tips from a Tenured Telecommuter JoAnna Bennett, O’Brien Communications Group 26 March 2020 After taking an Enneagram Personality test, I’ve uncovered something I’ve known for years: I’m a Peacemaker. “No [personality] type is more...
