I.T. Erudio

Category: leadership

  • leadership, generals, and politicians

    I developed an interest in “leadership” from an early age. The mundane reasons for this interest aren’t important. It is even possible that “leaders” are/were a pre-requirement for the whole “human civilization” thing – i.e. we are all “leaders” in one form or another if we are “involved with other people.” SO an interest in…

  • Capitalism, unions, THINK

    Capitalism“Capital” is simply “money and goods” used to produce more “money and goods.” Merriam-Webster tells me the first known use of the term “capitalism” goes back to 1833. It is slightly interesting that “Banking” goes back to 1660. Then the parable of the “minas” also comes to mind (where earning “interest” is mentioned in passing…

  • situational leadership, reciprocity, football?, Hamlet?, random thoughts …

    Random thoughts …I find myself wondering this morning if saying “I’m a proud Gen Xer” is an oxymoron. Kind of like saying someone is enthusiastic about apathy. hmmm – I’m usually TRYING to be funny when I say “proud Gen Xer” – a line from “Chinatown” comes to mind “’Course I’m respectable. I’m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all…

  • What makes a “team” a “team?”

    … Meanwhile back at the ranch …SO I wrote 1600 words or so in a rambling post that started out with the intent of answering the “what make a team” question. THAT post desperately needs an edit, and maybe I’ll post it later this week … Shorter version“Team” is another of those “interesting” words. Merriam-Webster…

  • “new freedoms”

    new and improved!A random headline that caught my attention (I think it was an online post from a Scottish media outlet/newspaper) mentioned the “new freedoms” being permitted due to COVID restrictions being eased. That obviously set off my internal geek semantics alarms. “Free” is one of those “understood but hard to define” words. MAYBE “free”…

  • fidelity, wisdom, and virtue

    First principles:As a first principle we can say that “conscious thought” always precedes “intentional action.” Volumes have been written on that concept – and it makes for an interesting “two drink discussion” – i.e. what exactly is “consciousness?” is a “reflex” action “thought?” We then wander into the concept of “mind vs body” – i.e.…

  • Visibility, connections, purpose, “happiness”

    Quick shout-out to the Merriam-Webster word of the day for August 1, 2021 – pulchritude. English has a large number of words – for any number of reasons that I won’t go on about here. “Pulchritude” comes into the language via the Latin adjective “pulcher” which means “beautiful.” The “ch” is pronounced as a “k”/”hard…

  • Measuring “greatness”

    Just what do you mean “great?”Random thought time: What makes something/someone “great”? Merriam-Webster offers us definitions for “great” as adjective, verb, and noun. The earliest form of the English word (as an adjective) boil down to “large” – so a “great person” in the 12th century would have just been “exceptionally large.” Of course saying…

  • Honor, Eye for an Eye, Greed, Living Well …

    According to Yahoo! Finance – “Coursera, Inc. operates an online educational content platform that connects learners, educators, and institutions” CourseraWith a lot of the “history” classes – the instructor/presenter is an expert of the subject, teaches at a prestigious university, and has probably written a book. SO the online coursera class becomes “marketing” for the…