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The Japanese “Yes”

Fancy Club. Fatty Foods. Formal Music in the Background. This is where business is done. Or where we believe business is done. Or perhaps where we pretend that something like business might be done on a good day with a favorable wind. Three investors try to out bluff each other. Cast, in order of […]

Bread Crumbs. Paths we find for ourselves. Paths we leave for others. The lessons we learn along the way. The gratitude we find with each step. A monologue of an African American Family history by Geoffrey Grier of San Francisco Recovery Theatre in collaboration with AfroSolo. A Studio Version of the live performance at Potrero […]

Mother’s Milk

What holds friends together? Common background? Common history? A common vision of what they are? Three friends explore the different roles they have with each other. They are moving into adulthood. They are shaping their lives and their identities. They also suddenly realize how delicate their common bonds may be. A New Audio Drama From […]

A Bustle, A Corset, & The London Necropolis Express

We know the story. Three women. A London Office. A missing colleague. And a pandemic. Three women wake one morning to discover that a colleague has vanished in the night. Gone. Poof. Not a bit of a trace. The clue to the story lies in a play that has just opened in a London Theatre. […]

Add Subtract Unite Divide

She could have been somebody. A real contender. If there hadn’t been a global economic depression. If the world hadn’t been engaged in a world war. And if she hadn’t been a woman. Through Fate or Good Fortune or the simple dedication of someone who was not discouraged by rejection, she came to lead the […]

Preview: Add Subtract

New Drama. New Story. And it’s about arithmetic. And work relief. And Organizations. And Power. And National Security. Plus it’s a Love Story. A short preview of what is going to come. Told as only the HWMS Audio Theatre can do it. We’re Theatre Like You’ve Never Seen. Cast: Zoe Anastasiou – Computer Ron […]

Embisivle Arrival

A suitcase on the sidewalk. A weary traveller looking for an answer. A stage manager, looking for dessert. Introducing Kota Fudauchi to the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast: Kota Fudauchi – Himself Michelle Thomas Hanson – Stage Manager Skippy – Himself [21913]

Embisivle Friend: A Place for Innovation

A school. A slightly unusual school. (Business curriculum. Silicon Valley.) A principal, slightly stressed. A teacher. (ditto) Broken plumbing. A friend with a yellow car. A successful corporate leader offering advice to a young protégé while pulling the funds from another. And a little girl shall lead them all. Just another day […]

Waiting for Lillian Moller Gilbreth

What’s to be done? Waiting at an old train station. Not for a train of course. But will she come? Does she ever come? To New Jersey. Deepest New Jersey. A peek into the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Zoe Anastassiou – Zoe Josh LaForce – Josh Michelle Thomas Hanson – Stage Manager Skippy – […]

Cermack Road, Cicero, Illinois Once it was the center of the high tech world. Now it is a shopping mall. A mall that is barely making ends meet. Not a promising future for Silicon Valley. But a useful place to introduce a new cast member. A peek into the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast […]

Embisivle Friend: Playing the Role

Every now and then you need to assess. Take a look backwards. Ask “who did that character become?” With this episode, we return to the world of the adult Madison Insullie and see her dealing with adult problems. The 11th episode of the Audio Drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Sahara Ale – Consuela Zoe Anastasiou – […]

Embisivle Friend: Additive Education

We’ve lost our faith in books. We’ve lost faith in texts. May may have even lost faith in problem sets. Learning by doing. Learning by interning. Learning by being mentored. It’s what you demand when you’re an 8 year old entrepreneur. And a plasma steel cutter, just for good measure. The 10th episode […]

Embisivle Garage

Is a startup a startup if it doesn’t start up in a garage? That’s the myth. We start with nothing but our wits and a little empty space from our parents, or our aunt, or some unrelated person up the street. More companies have started in a garage than you might think. But at the […]

Embisivle Friend: Securing the Future

“Don’t let your kids take capital from strangers.” It’s the warning that parents should give their kids in Silicon Valley. But parents may reason “if the kids get the investment, could things really be that bad?” Aravinda finds herself tested in the newest episode of the audio drama that puts our business future squarely in […]

Embisivle Friend: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

How does it feel? They made tup the first stair but not the second. And who is there to hold them when they fall? As we follow the story entrepreneurship and innovation, we start the story of a Investor’s Representative, a famous former CEO, who goes through the world doing the things that need to […]

The Stage Manager Explains Embisivle

The show is about the Stage Manager. Every show is. So our manager steps up to the microphone in the HWMS auditorium to explain this Audiodrama Embisivile Friend. Introduction to the next section of the drama Cast Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager Skippy – Himself [21911]

The Embisivle School

Out Stage is Silicon Valley. Our actors are titans of Industry. Some titans. Fictional titans. And some kids who believe that they are titans and that the earth shudders when they walk. And a dog. And a school. And an actor who wants to give you a tour. Ana DeLoret talks about the audio […]

Embisivle Friend: The Job Suits You

Career Management. But it’s more than that. Manage plans. Manage hope. Manage accomplishments. And here’s the part you didn’t anticipate: Manage Boyfriend before the boyfriend manages you. An ambitious Principal faces an unexpected development in the 7th episode of the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Sahara Ale – Lyra of Silent Partners Debbon Ayer – Penelope […]

Embisivle Friend: I Look Good in Yellow

What does it mean to help a friend? Listen to their problems? Give unwanted advice? Give them a ride in your yellow car? And what do you do, when they ask you to mentor a troublesome student? The 6th episode of the audio drama Embisivle Friend. Cast Zoe Anastasiou – Maddie, the 8 year old CEO […]

Embisivle Friend: The Picture Goes Everywhere

Where are Mom and Dad? Any drama that features independent kids have to answer that question. The reasons are not always pretty but with a little help, they can be “neatened up a bit.” “Neatening” doesn’t help here, as a friend of Maddie’s father tries to explain The story of independent kids on the 5th […]

Embisivle Friend: Where Deals Are Made

There’s a deal to be made here. If only all the parties would see it. One is looking for a crown. The other is hoping to find the exit. The problems of finding a common ground and a common agreement on the fourth episode of the audio drama “Embisivle Friend”. Cast: Zoe Anastassiou – Maddie, the […]

Embisivle Influence for an Embisivle Drama

Influencer A career that inspires the children of our age. Roughly equal in status to those of astronaut, video game designer, and ballet dancer. Tehya Merrit from our cast visits center stage of influence. The Twitter headquarters to explain our drama. A lovely lobby. A decent café. And a place where influence is born. A […]

Embisivle Friend: Only Hire The Best

Ordinary Day. Not so ordinary school. Not much happening. Though the fifth graders… that’s another story. And an aspiring CEO decides that Adam Smith might have something useful to say about her arithmetic quiz. Crowdsourcing an exam on the Third Episode of our series on Maddie, the 8 year old entrepreneur. Cast: Sahara Ale – Vice […]

Embisivle Friend: Friends and Family

Another day. Another chance for a Senior Executive Meeting. Held on the Playground of the Lillian Moller Gilbreth School for Disruptive Innovation. Another opportunity to fight over key resources. And one of those resources is the meeting table itself. Second Episode of our series on Maddie, the 8 year old entrepreneur. Cast: Zoe Anastasiou – […]

Embisivle Tech from an Embisivle Drama

Zeppelins. Silicon Valley was once the home of Zeppelins. Giant Airships would silently glide out of their hanger and rise into the sky, undertaking cutting edge missions for the U. S. Navy. It was a sign of the areas importance, a sign of its role in creating new technologies. And of course, that era is […]

Embisivle Friend: Angel of the Morning

Your attorney is sitting next to your bed. You knew it was going to be a peppy day, but maybe you thought that you would at least have time for a shower? So begins the story of Embisivle Friend. Once upon a time, there was an 8-year-old girl named Maddie who dreamed of becoming a […]

Embisivle Friend at the Fair

It was once a big part of Silicon Valley culture. It may someday be part of that culture again. For the moment, it’s merely a shuttered memory. Cast member Sahara visits the Bay Area Makers Faire to explain a new story for the Audio Drama “How We Manage Stuff.” It’s a story set on the […]

Embisivle Friend: Riding the Rails

We’ll do many things to get an audience. Many things. Cast member Noah Masur takes the Caltrans commuter train into Silicon Valley and tries to recruit a few new listeners for our new audio drama. At least he’s gotten you. That’s a positive thing. The rest? They’ll be coming soon, when we start releasing episodes […]

Embisivle Friend: Street Theatre

Ever tried to raise money in Silicon Valley? Our cast, led by Zoe Anastassiou, works the central intersection of the tech world – Page Mill Road and El Camino Real – while explaining the new series, Embisivle Friend. It’s a story about real places and real characters who are played by real actors. It’s Embisivle […]

Embisivle Friend: Dramatic Leadership

A new story is coming. And part of it takes place in the City by the Bay. Cast member Geoffrey Grier gives a quick tour of the landscape of the audio drama “Embisivle Friend” Cast: Geoffrey Grier – Himself Skippy – Himself [21906]

Embisivle Friend: A New Story

A little girl with big dreams. A hardened veteran of business who has taken his share of punches. And two actors talking about these characters. A little preview of our upcoming story line: Embisivle Friend. Cast: Zoe Anastassiou – Herself (& Maddie) Geoffrey Grier – Himself (& Vinny) Skippy – Himself [18804]

Big Tech: The Prodigal Returns (Closing Episode)

End of the line. The enemy is vanquished. The Office is packed. The Ship is riding on the outgoing tide. The Prodigal returns. If we may invoke multiple images to announce the last episode of this story. The final episode of the audio drama “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington.” […]

Big Tech: Bull Fight

There comes a time. A time when you have to face the bull. You can’t have a corporate leader who terrorizes employees, makes policy in public, and cuts unauthorized deals. And when the time comes. Only one person can do the job The episode 28 of the audio drama What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About […]

Big Tech: Grand Alliance

He’s a Tech Guy. He thinks he has something to tell the world, something the world doesn’t know. Little surprised that needs people to help him. Ed Kowalski, the CTO of the Tech Giant Talking and Shopping returns to Washington but discovers that no one really missed him while he was gone. And […]

Big Tech: All Go Kaboom

He’s trying to do a good thing. A good thing with a drone. A good thing with a drone in the nation’s capital. It was supposed to be good. But now he is sitting in the station house of DC Police District 1 trying to explain what he is doing. […]

Big Tech: The Conversation

Intimate Knowledge. It doesn’t mean what it used to mean. And it doesn’t make things any easier. As Abby Alton, CEO of Talking and Shopping, prepares to meet Congress, two of her aides grappled with the fact that one of them knows a great deal about the other. A slow dance […]

Big Tech: Woman Looking at Real Estate

There are so many moving parts. You think you have a strategy and then things fall apart. Successful coworkspace. Capitol Hill. A Center for women. Finally, a sitting Senator graces the facility with her presence but at the same time, a real estate agency makes a call. Episode 24 of the series What […]

Big Tech: Control and Command

Can’t things just get better? By themselves. When there is a market to disrupt. And money to be made. Ed Kowalski, the CTO of the hapless Internet firm Talking and Shopping is back in Silicon Valley. Tired of Washington. Tired of things he doesn’t understand. Tired of trying to get along with people. […]

Big Tech: Sign in Here

A friend you support financially is a friend indeed. So you would think. Abby Alton, the CEO of the Tech Giant Talking and Shopping pays a visit a Trade Association, the National Information Market Brokers Institute. T & S pays their bills, so you would expect a little love. And love can be found […]

Big Tech: We Let You Decide (The Dockerly Report)

Chad Dockerly of the Dockerly Report You run a big name podcast. You deal with important issues. You can get big name guests. Maybe. Chad Dockerly asks his guest, Former Congressional Aide Rebecca Vogelson, to explain the EARN IT bill to his listeners. Episode 20 of the series What Big Tech Doesn’t Know About Washington. […]

Big Tech: Nothing I Can See

Do you want to jump into the fray? Life is good. There’s no reason to go help a bloated egotistical, self-destructive big-tech get out of trouble in Washington. None at all, right? You’re sure of that? Introduction to the last act of the Audio Drama “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know.” Cast: Margaux Amie – […]

SidePocket: Closing Shop

You must take the tide at its flood. That is the sad lesson of organizational leadership. You may like your colleagues. You may like where you work. You may even like what you do. But there are times when you must loose the ropes that bind you to shore and start the journey […]

SidePocket: Breaking with the Board

You see the need. You found a way to get the money. You make the move. You’re board doesn’t like it. But you’re ok, right? I mean, you did the right thing? And your board will come along, don’t you think? Afterall, you are innovating. But then comes the break. Sixth in our re-release […]

SidePocket: Early Success

Your face on the cover of a magazine. What does it matter? (Who knows what a magazine even is, anymore?) Success has come to Vinny but how long will it stay? Fifth in our re-release of the AudioDrama: SidePocket Cast: Sahara Ale – Jessie Margaux Amie – Violet Zoe Anastassiou – Narrator: Maddie, the 8 […]

SidePocket: Profit Driven

They make you work. They take your money. They expect you to like it. But sometimes. Sometimes. There is another option. A chaotic trip through San Jose suggests a new strategy. Fourth in our re-release of the audio drama: SidePocket Cast: Sahara Ale – Jessie Zoe Anastassiou – Narrator: Maddie, the 8 Year Old […]

SidePocket: Who is Represented?

Blame the bosses. A tried and effective strategy. And some times, it is actually true. But grudges can blind our eyes, leaving us with a moment of self satisfaction and not much more. Jessie misplays her hand Third in our re-release of the audio drama: SidePocket Cast: Sahara Ale – Jessie Zoe Anastassiou – Narrator: […]

SidePocket: Losing Friends

Things sometimes go well. Or so we hope. Our new tech entrepreneur is in a new city with a new company, a new investment and a new start. Maybe. Or maybe not. Vinny and SidePocket start operations in Silicon Valley. The second episode in the audio drama. Cast: Sahara Ale – Jessie […]

SidePocket: Leaving Detroit

It’s an ordinary story. And perhaps a bit of a fantasy. But perhaps our time could benefit from an ordinary story. A young African-American leaves Detroit in the mid-1980s to see what he might do in Silicon Valley and in the process, learns something about investment, governance and decisions (both good and bad). Revisiting […]

We Read It So You Don’t Have To: Capital and Ideology

Thomas Piketty? Don’t get what he’s saying? Not sure you care? Zach, who is back, and Maddie, who has never left tell us what is important about the writings of this economist Or maybe not. Dr. Piketty wrote one of the more controversial book of the past 10 years. Maddie will tell you […]

Talking & Shopping: a Cup of Coffee

Are you coming? Are you going? Do you have a place in this world? Or do you not? Roger. Yasmin. Existential questions. And the power of warm drinks. The nineteenth episode of the Audio Drama “What Big Tech Doesn’t Know.” Cast: Sahara Ale – Yasmin Zoe Anastassiou – Faith Ron Bianchi – Roger Geoffrey […]

Big Tech: Famous Person

Are you famous? Fame we court. Fame we try to wield (before it weilds us. But are you famous? Not the best question to hear when you are trying to understand what is happening. Even if you’re not famous. Not famous at all. The eighteenth episode of the Audio Drama “What Big Tech […]

Big Tech: He’s Not Here

He doesn’t visit often. When he does, there’s always trouble. Or he thinks there’s trouble. Or maybe heard that there might be trouble. The Producer comes to visit our Washington Office and faces a cast that thinks (or wishes or hopes) that things are better than they are. The seventeenth episode of the Audio […]

We Read It So You Don’t Have To: Innovators Dilemma

Life is busy. There’s no time to read. Or view YouTube videos. Or even listen to podcasts. So Maddie, the 8 year old entrepreneur an Bix, the Master Scrum Master, give you a thorough overview of Clayton Christensen’s masterwork, the Innovators Dilemma. It is perhaps the most influential business book of our age. […]

Big Tech: Act III

It starts with a pool game. It ends with a riot. And in the middle, there’s a guy who sounds a lot like Henry Kissinger. Except he makes tea. The plans have been made. The execution is proving hard. We’ve had to bring some extra talent to the project (and some time soon […]

Big Tech: Act II

Usual cast of characters. A tech bro who is a bully. A very smart CEO who just doesn’t seem to understand. A consultant who is finding her way in a lost, lost world. Plus there are a pair of coworkers who have great sport commenting on the situation, the owner of a woman’t coworkspace […]

Big Tech: Act I

They seem like such nice people. It’s just too bad that things didn’t quite go as planned. We have a young attorney advisor. And a director of public relations . And an mess they didn’t anticipate. The How We Manage Stuff audio drama tackles the issue of technology in government. The leaders […]

Big Tech: All Gone Wrong

It was supposed to be easy. A way to build trust. A simple public talk at a sympathetic organization. But there were protestors. And a badly prepared speech. And a host who didn’t seem to realize what was happening. Abby Alton, CEO of Talking and Shopping, addresses the public and finds herself backed into […]

Big Tech: Best for All

IAD? IDA? What’s the difference? What is the import of the flip of one letter? The expanded team gathers in Washington. Vinny from Washington. Karine from Brussels. Time to get the leaders of the tech giant Talking and Shopping ready for a Congressional Hearing. But there is that little issue. IAD vs IDA. […]

We’re an Audio Drama. We live on the Internet. We tell stories of work and tech and power and love and loss. Consultants in Germany. Artificial Intelligence in Seattle. A startup in Mountain View. Books that we read so you don’t have to. An little entrepreneur who knows things her elders never will. We tell […]

Big Tech: The Right Clothes

Gravitas. How important is gravitas, social authority, to a tech organization? Afterall, they are the ones who claim that they are trying to disrupt society, to remove older barriers, to build new structures that are more profitable to all. If that is the case, if their power comes from forces outside society, then […]

Big Tech: I Know Who You Are

“Is this you?” Never be in haste to answer that question Facts are never just facts. There’s always a value, a judgement, an opinion. So when you’re asked “Is this you?” you need to be sure you know who is doing the asking. Journalist Chad Dockerly confronts Victor Numerov of T&S and cast members […]

Big Tech: Bank Shot

It’s just physics, right? Set the ball in motion, it bounces off the cushion, hits another, falls into the pocket, just as you’d expect. Except it doesn’t The leadership of Talking and Shopping is frustrated with Washington and Washington is tired of them. There are problems on the horizon, balls on the table, and little […]

Big Tech: By Any Other Name

The questions are simple. The answers? We don’t know. At best, we have a senatorial aide who doesn’t know how to type. Or is incapable of being sociable. Abby Alton of T&S is preparing for an appearance before the Senate. Her consultants meeting with key staff members but don’t exactly leave satisfied. […]

Big Tech: Farming From San Francisco

Every job is middle management. Everyone is caught between someone above and someone below. And that hook that captures you is always tricky. Sometimes that sharp little tine is friendship. Sometimes, its money. Sometimes it’s merely the image that we would like to claim for ourselves. For a moment, we see the CTO Ed […]

Big Tech: The Dead Don’t Disrupt

Not everyone presents themselves well. Not everyone holds to the company policy. Not everyone is good at working the room. What skills do you need when your client presents themselves in the worst possible light? The Senior Management, Vinny and Evelyn, think that they need a more experienced member of the team. […]

Big Tech: Mother Comes Home from the War

Hardship means different things at different times. Abby Alton, the CEO of Talking and Shopping, finishes a long day of meeting members of Congress. In place of a moment of rest, she is faced with an obsequious assistant, an aide who has yet to understand the invasive nature of modern retail, and a […]

Big Tech: Today’s Special

Swapping Gossip. A pair of old friends meeting for lunch. What is Talking and Shopping trying to do in DC? Is Big Tech vulnerable? Is there some agenda that they don’t see? And then there is the reporter. Did I mention the reporter? What they do see is a little meeting between congressional aides, […]

Big Tech: Squirrel Dog

You’d think they’d be on the same side. Wouldn’t that be obvious? But the CTO has arrived in Washington and things that he should be the center, the center of attention. But that was never the plan. And not only will he have to convince his boss, he’s going to have to convince her […]

Big Tech: A Pillar of Fire By Day

There’s a reason. A senatorial aide who seems inept at social media? There’s a reason. A trade association director who seems to be speaking in tongues? There’s a reason. An administrative assistant who has a little too much data about you, about your roommate, and about the stain on the carpet floor? There’s certain […]

Big Tech: The Kind of Mess

Does this happen to you? Your Uber Driver knows more than you’re client? It’s embarrassing, yes? Big Tech spends millions, hundreds of millions, of dollars in Washington and what do they get for their money? A service. Nothing more. A service. That’s it. Why is that a problem you ask? It’s the […]

Big Tech: A Tongue Lashing

Speed. Disruption. Innovation. Not Duty. Not Deliberation. Not Honor. Tech let us reordered our virtues. Policy, if taken thoughtfully, makes us examine that reordering. It may not solve anything but it makes us wonder if we’re doing things the right way. Policy is never “Us” versus “The Government”. It’s “Us” […]

Big Tech: A Busy Day

Money isn’t everything Ideas are surprisingly important But people carry the ideas. And promote the ideas. And analyze, and dispute, and contradict, and accep,t and reject, and all the rest of the things that you do with ideas. In the process, the people find themselves carrying, promoting, analyzing, disputing, accepting and rejecting each other. […]

Big Tech: Past is Prologue

Only rarely do you see the big picture. Most of the time, it is a nightmare. 15,000 people. Running through the tunnel that lie beneath the US Capitol. The share information, cut deals, plan strategies, and try to advance their own little agendas. Only once in while can they climb to the top […]

What Big Tech Doesn’t Know Big Time

They don’t talk. They don’t write. They don’t really like dealing with each other. Yet, they need each other, need each other in a fundamental, all consuming way. We’re talking about Tech and Government, in case there was any question. And do you know how we know, how we know this? Because […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Epilogue

The end. It’s never quite what you expect. In part, it’s really a beginning, though the beginning may not include you. So we get only a hint of how the story will progress. A family has been reconciled. One troublesome employee has moved to the competition. Another is still in the offices. We have installed […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Act I

We arrive in Hamburg. Port City. International City. World Headquarters of Coffee Logistics. Things start poorly for the team. They are tired. One of there number is perhaps a little drunk. There are some extra requirements and a dynamic that doesn’t make sense. The operations manager seems to have an unusual control over affairs and […]

Kaffe Logistiks: The Prologue

Outside Tech meets Inside Politics. That’s the story. If you understand what it means, you can quit right here. But you’ll miss the story. And the lesson. With this episode, we start the complete presentation of our recent series on tech consulting. Two hours of drama in five easy episodes. There’s something for everyone. Good […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Following the Trail

It never ends well. It really can’t There is an organization to renew. There are new tasks, new demands, new technology to install, new procedures to develop. So what do you get when a tech consulting job ends? You’re supposed to get a new company, but perhaps all you get is a trail of beans. […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Delivering the Goods

It’s not the slides. It’s not the words. It’s not the clothes you wear. This doesn’t determine your success. Or at least it doesn’t determine it very much. The bigger issue: What do your clients know? And when did the learn it? In the consulting trip to Hamburg, our team is about to deliver its […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Confront and Advise

“Complicated” You don’t talk. It’s “complicated.” You don’t act. It’s “complicated.” You don’t know what to do. It’s… You can see the pattern. Our consulting at BKL Coffee Logistics has been strained. This owner had this grad idea to start the job and then vanish to a retreat in the Swiss Alps. He wanted to […]

Kaffe Logistiks: The Fatal Mistake

When do they make the mistake? When do they make a decision that limits – radically limits – options? Our consulting team is working on a project that is only stumbling forward in the best of light. So what has happened, we ask. Has someone made a mistake? Has our team done something wrong? Has […]

SidePocket: A Series on Governance

A young entrepreneur. A new technology. All the temptations to make bad decisions. In the series of on the startup SidePocket, we explored the challenges posed by organizational governance, the authority wielded by investors. Our central character, Vinny, walks away from a company that was unable to make a decision and forms a new company, […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Why did you do it this way?

A business owner. A group of good friends. And an underlying controversy that simply won’t go away. Florian Bohne, the owner of Bohne Coffee Logistics is holding a party in the Swiss Alps while his friends believe that he should be back with his company. So we have a fight, a disagreement among friends. Yet […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Gathering Data

Consulting. You’re just giving your opinion. That’s it. Nothing more. Now, in theory, that opinion is worth something on the open market. It’s worth something for two reasons. First, you have some special training or knowledge. Second, you have data. Data about what is happening. And there’s the rub. In the modern day and age, […]

Interlude: When Kids buy Bitcoin

When Kids Buy Bitcoin You think that buying Bitcoin is a grownup thing to do? Really? Meet Maddie, the 8 year old entrepreneur who will tell you otherwise. Maddie is played by Zoe Anastassiou, one of the most flexible members of the cast. Zoe has played executives, teachers, moms. But Zoe Anastassiou is most commonly identified […]

Consumer Electronics Show Preview

It’s a holiday for gratitude in the United States but a holiday for data in the rest of the world. Ok. They now call it the “Consumer Technology Show” but it’s the same old event. New technology. Lots of talks. Entrepreneurs desperately trying to move their ideas from intellectual conception to money making product. So […]

Interlude: A Holiday for Data?

It’s a holiday for gratitude in the United States but a holiday for data in the rest of the world. A Holiday for Data? Three different groups have organized holidays for data and statistics: one for India, one for the continent of Africa and one for the world at large. You may think that they’re […]

Kaffe Logistiks: What does this paper mean?

You don’t, and that”s the point. It’s the contract that holds you together. Not your history. Not your friendship. Not anything else. The contract. Offer. Acceptance. Consideration. That’s it. And what does that paper mean when things start moving fast, when you jump from one meeting to the next? And what does it mean […]

Kaffe Logistiks: We’re talking Tech. We’re talking Coffee.

A quick review. Our crack consulting team has gone to Hamburg Germany. We’re dealing with the problems of consulting. Our client transports coffee. It sounds like it should work. A.terall our team likes coffee. They like it very much. The summary from our preview episode Cast: Chuck – Ron Bianchi Debbon Ayer – Herself […]

Kaffe Logistiks: When the Client Leaves the Premises

You don’t, and that”s the point. We have a company. We have a consulting team. And we believe we have a client, though it would seem that the client is not sure that he would have us. Days after the HWMS team arrived at BKL, it’s owner decided to go hiking in the Swiss […]

Kaffe Logistiks: Do you Indeed?

You don’t, and that”s the point. None of know what we are doing when we going into a new organization. We don’t know the history. We don’t know the power structure. Sometimes, we don’t even know the goals. (And this will lead us to one of the key questions of this series: “Who are […]

Kaffe Logistiks:The Beginning is Chaos

How do you begin a consulting job? In thunder, lightening or in rain? It is chaotic at the start. You move to new offices, meet new people and start to appreciate new responsibilities. Our podcast has been hired by a German firm – a logistics provider to the coffee industry – to review their […]

Commentary: Harassment at the Workplace

In an invited commentary, the CEO of Embisivile Frien’ addresses the problem of harassment. It is a general problem that needs to be addressed in the tech industry but it is a specific instance that Madison wishes to discuss. Cast: Vinny, the CTO – Geoffrey Grier Maddie the CEO if Embisivle Frien’ – Zoe Anastassiou […]

Kaffe Logistiks: A Story of Consulting

The heart of the matter. Do don’t know what it is until you’ve done it. You don’t understand why it is hard, until you’ve done it internationally. The crack cast of How We Manage Stuff prepares to depart for Germany. At one level, the problem is simple. A small German logistics firm needs some […]

We Read It So You Don’t Have To: The Great Convergence

Globalization. It seems to be a term of another era. Simpler. Less chaotic. Quieter, perhaps. Civil, if that remains a relevant concept. In this episode, we return to that idea as part of our recurring series “We Read It So You Don’t Have To.” Specifically, we look at the role of technology in linking […]

Kaffe Logixtiks: You Really Want to Be a Consultant?

You’ve posted your qualifications, got yourself a business license and are ready to start a new career as an independent tech consultant. What makes you think that you will succeed in a field where others have, well, not succeeded? This fall, we’re going to start a series that follows the crack How We Manage […]

SidePocket: Tech, Money, Betrayal & Bad Driving

Things are never as clear as they seem. Never as obvious. Never as straightforward as you would like. It should be simple. You get an idea. You make a product. You take it to the market. Let your customers decide for good or for ill. But that simplicity masks the fundamental conflict. A conflict over […]

We Read It So You Don’t Have To: The Second Machine Age

You’ve intended to read The Second Machine Age, by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAffee but just haven’t found the time. It’s an important book, to be sure, and explains a lot about the future of work. But it’s fat. And it’s say on your Amazon wish list for what, three years? This is how we […]

Climbing the Corporate Ladder

Boards. Why do you need them? Just they don’t get in the way? The podcast How We Manage Stuff will soon start a new series that deals with technology, organizations and governance in a effort to help you understand how to bring new ideas to market. Cast Member Zoe Anastassiou and Geoffrey Grier Cast: Maddie […]

Assume an Infinite Pile of Turtles

When it falls apart, it just goes. You think you understand something. You got the idea right. You’re ready to act, to executive. Then all of a sudden, you realize that your approach has a flaw, a fundamental flaw. It would work perfectly well, IF you could have an infinite pile of turtles. Turtles, Turtles, […]

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