Delivering Happiness

By Dean Whittaker What is it that we all want?  Tony Hseih, Zappos’ CEO and co-founder, tells us in his semi-autobiography, Delivering Happiness, that our ultimate goal in life is to be happy.   He shares his journey of how he found happiness in business and in life....

What Technology Wants

By Dean Whittaker Our use of digital technology is reshaping our society and culture irreversibly.   It offers us expanded choices, but perhaps at a cost of our freedom.  In his book, What Technology Wants, Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired magazine, argues that...

iPad 2…Already?

By Dean Whittaker Yes, the iPad 2 is out but in very limited supply around the country. Through some quirk in fate, I ended up with one. Now, of course I have to figure out what to do with my iPad. Fortunately, there is a ready market for resale and a waiting audience...

Recruiting Work

By Dean Whittaker Since the Ronald Reagan and Margret Thatcher days, we have been moving toward a shift in risk from the employer to the employee. Neo-libertarian free trade and globalization have become our mantras, with the accompanying cultural change. Free trade...