Comments for The Human Workplace http://springpointservices.com/blog Managing Real People, Creating Good Workplaces Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:50:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Managing Hourly Employees: Two Stories by Wally Bock http://springpointservices.com/blog/managing-hourly-employees-two-stories/#comment-355 Wally Bock Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:21:11 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=150#comment-355 Nice post, Shaun. Thanks for the stories and lessons. Nice post, Shaun. Thanks for the stories and lessons.

]]> Comment on Parallel Universes by Sara Healy http://springpointservices.com/blog/parallel-universes/#comment-16 Sara Healy Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:41:49 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=48#comment-16 I enjoyed reading several of your blog posts. You manage to get your point across with a subtle humor and capture the reality of the workplace. It does all boil down to "real" people who are sometimes hanging on the edge by their fingertips. You must be good at what you do! I enjoyed reading several of your blog posts. You manage to get your point across with a subtle humor and capture the reality of the workplace. It does all boil down to “real” people who are sometimes hanging on the edge by their fingertips. You must be good at what you do!

]]> Comment on My family in Italy by shaun http://springpointservices.com/blog/my-family-in-italy/#comment-12 shaun Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:15:53 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?page_id=27#comment-12 Clicking makes the image bigger Clicking makes the image bigger

]]> Comment on Greg’s quote by shaun http://springpointservices.com/blog/gregs-quote/#comment-11 shaun Wed, 09 May 2007 11:54:25 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=15#comment-11 I don't want to over-sentimentalize or distort what it was, but Greg's quote does get at what made the And Furthermore Club so memorable. You could exercise your brain without fear that you would pay some emotional price for saying something someone else didn't like. It was a safe, welcoming environment that actually enouraged you to think about what you thought, and your "place" was assured by being who you are, not what you currently happened to be thinking about an issue. As we know, some people don't actually know what they think about an issue until engaged in an argument - or stimulating discussion. Inconsistencies, knowledge gaps, and outright contradictions were regular features of the And Furthermore Club - not hanging offenses or mortal sins. I don’t want to over-sentimentalize or distort what it was, but Greg’s quote does get at what made the And Furthermore Club so memorable. You could exercise your brain without fear that you would pay some emotional price for saying something someone else didn’t like. It was a safe, welcoming environment that actually enouraged you to think about what you thought, and your “place” was assured by being who you are, not what you currently happened to be thinking about an issue. As we know, some people don’t actually know what they think about an issue until engaged in an argument - or stimulating discussion. Inconsistencies, knowledge gaps, and outright contradictions were regular features of the And Furthermore Club - not hanging offenses or mortal sins.

]]> Comment on The Origin by shaun http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-location/#comment-10 shaun Thu, 03 May 2007 15:04:29 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=6#comment-10 James is right, of course. It evolved initially from adult socializing, with few kids around. I know that before our crew began to drive, I wasn't even over there that much. I remember often waiting up fairly late for my parents to get home from being at the McCarthys. One of the few times we watched football at 5100 Main St was the '63 Giants - Bears Championship - because we didn't get NBC that well on our snowy black and white tv with the rabbit ears. The McCarthys came to 589 Edison Rd for regular season Sunday games because we could get Channel 3 from Hartford very well. So the late night, around the kitchen table gatherings evolved as we became more mobile, and appreciative of our parents stories. James is right, of course. It evolved initially from adult socializing, with few kids around. I know that before our crew began to drive, I wasn’t even over there that much. I remember often waiting up fairly late for my parents to get home from being at the McCarthys.

One of the few times we watched football at 5100 Main St was the ‘63 Giants - Bears Championship - because we didn’t get NBC that well on our snowy black and white tv with the rabbit ears. The McCarthys came to 589 Edison Rd for regular season Sunday games because we could get Channel 3 from Hartford very well.

So the late night, around the kitchen table gatherings evolved as we became more mobile, and appreciative of our parents stories.

]]> Comment on The Origin by james http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-location/#comment-9 james Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:01:20 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=6#comment-9 at the risk of clarity i think it deserves mention that The And Furthermore Club had been up and running for some years as a wholly adult enterprise by the time we adolescents began introducing ourselves. eventually we felt the warmth of the conversations or they simply became irresistable. you may remember that period more clearly than i but i have a memory of the gathering having been happily happening for awhile before rick and you and his friends ever actually sat down and partook. also, i hope you'll add "history" and/or "personal recollections" about history to the subjects since it was such a big part of it. Park of the fun for my generation of participants was coaxing out of your father and my parents various stories about their youth and most especially what they were doing during World War II. But anyway just a minor suggestion. more to come, i'm sure. at the risk of clarity i think it deserves mention that The And Furthermore Club had been up and running for some years as a wholly adult enterprise by the time we adolescents began introducing ourselves. eventually we felt the warmth of the conversations or they simply became irresistable. you may remember that period more clearly than i but i have a memory of the gathering having been happily happening for awhile before rick and you and his friends ever actually sat down and partook. also, i hope you’ll add “history” and/or “personal recollections” about history to the subjects since it was such a big part of it. Park of the fun for my generation of participants was coaxing out of your father and my parents various stories about their youth and most especially what they were doing during World War II. But anyway just a minor suggestion. more to come, i’m sure.

]]> Comment on The Origin by shaun http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-location/#comment-5 shaun Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:24:35 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=6#comment-5 It wasn't that you were always entering a graduate seminar. Sometimes you just passed through after saying "hi" to watch the TV in the livingroom, or play ping pong or pool in the basement (remember the little cue stick for the side that was too close to the wall?) It wasn’t that you were always entering a graduate seminar. Sometimes you just passed through after saying “hi” to watch the TV in the livingroom, or play ping pong or pool in the basement (remember the little cue stick for the side that was too close to the wall?)

]]> Comment on The Origin by shaun http://springpointservices.com/blog/the-location/#comment-4 shaun Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:17:23 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=6#comment-4 One great thing was that you could arrive fairly late, just poking your head in, and experience a warm welcome, a sincere inquiry about what you've been up to, and then have an opportunity to throw in your own two cents about the subject of the moment without feeling like an interloper. One great thing was that you could arrive fairly late, just poking your head in, and experience a warm welcome, a sincere inquiry about what you’ve been up to, and then have an opportunity to throw in your own two cents about the subject of the moment without feeling like an interloper.

]]> Comment on About blogging by tedm http://springpointservices.com/blog/inaugural-post/#comment-3 tedm Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:53:19 +0000 http://springpointservices.com/blog/?p=4#comment-3 nice start - keep those posts coming nice start - keep those posts coming

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