Ethics Bob | Opinions about ethics in politics, sports, and life

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My previous blog described my one trick– asking people actually doing real work this: What would make them happier and more effective in their work? Then getting them what they wanted. When I started performing it I expected hard requests—a better computer...

As a long-time civil servant I knew the ropes. Lots of problems that I knew how to fix—more or less. Opportunities I knew how to exploit. But after I retired from federal service and became a consultant I had to try to help organizations I knew little...

I just published a new book, I think it’s my best.
Ostentatious Time-Wasting comprises thirty-four short (or very short) stories about what I learned while attempting (with some success) to dismantle centralized management at the Pentagon and throughout the Federal government. Some of the lessons are...

April 24 is an Armenian holiday: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. President Biden today gave official certification that the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 was a genocide. I wrote my thoughts about the issue many years ago. I wouldn...