2003
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DECEMBER 15
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Life Back West - In a Twinkle of an Eye
The night this December that San Francisco’s Matt Gonzalez came within a whisker of becoming the first Green Party mayor of a major US city, our 16-month-old son slept straight through his first full night. While neither Matt or my son J. Traylor...
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NOVEMBER 15
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Life Back West - Is the Road Back the Road Ahead
Even before my father passed away last week I had been thinking about the subject of transitions. His death, albeit not totally unexpected, was still bittersweet, and provided a punctuation point on a mostly good, frequently humorous, and well-lived 94...
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OCTOBER 15
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Life Back West - More Than Just Nuts
There are three or four reasons why Fluid– where I spend the other half of my work life - has endured and sustained itself over the last couple of years while larger and better-funded Internet companies folded. One of those reasons is an employee...
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SEPTEMBER 15
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Life Back West - The Attack of the Oxalis
Like clones from the latest episode of George Lucas’ Star Wars series, oxalis has struck and is taking over our sun-speckled backyard. Difficult to eradicate, it has spread easily and without much abandon as what passes for summer hit San Francisco...
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AUGUST 15
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Life Back West - The Dog Days of Summer
Despite our canine Roady’s increased penchant for wallowing in the sprinkler holes this time of year, the phrase “dog days” refers to something else. Dog days are a time when it’s tough to do much except what’s required –...
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JULY 12
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Life Back West - Gertrude Stein Calling
Foundation building – whether a career or a company – takes time . Shortchanging this time means that elements never settle or season, and the likelihood of decent performance is compromised and reduced.
We added staff recently in the...
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JUNE 15
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Life Back West - The Emperor's New Clothes
The paraphrased feedback to last month's piece read: "I liked your Life Back West note, and you could have used some help before you sent it out." Like the fabled character, I felt naked.
Feedback – whether individual or organizational...
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MAY 15
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Life Back West - The Gospel According to Costco
In addition to my management consulting practice, I work part-time for Fluid, an Internet development and consulting firm. As part of life in a small organization where everyone pitches in, I make the weekly supply run to Costco. No glamour, just a necessity....
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APRIL 15
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Life Back West - The Wood Rats Take a Long Spring Break
Spring arrived in San Francisco. The backyard vines - gracing only the fence initially - now overwhelmed our sunny garden. Apart from sheltering wood rats, the vines outgrew their usefulness years ago. Thanks to the work of Robert Broucaret and his crew,...
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MARCH 15
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Life Back West - Life in the Middle
The juggling act of my home and work lives is not unusual.
I run my own consulting practice, work part-time as a principal with an Internet development firm, am an actively involved first-time father to my eight-month-old son, and am the conservator...
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FEBRUARY 15
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Life Back West - No Valentines This Day
With Valentine's Day just passed, it's timely to reflect on executive relationships (working, not romantic) that flourish with partnership and effectiveness as well as those that do not. Successful working relationships can be a challenge any time...
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JANUARY 15
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Life Back West - The Class of '48
Trent Lott's comments about Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential campaign aside, changes in organizational life in the last 55 years are sobering and inspiring.
In the world of 1948, economic competition seemed less demanding. Having “the...
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