Ed Muzio's Blog

It might just be algorithmic bias, but I feel like I've been seeing more and more stories lately about people losing their

Major corporations get a bad rap, in the media and online. It's not hard to understand why - as in so many other things, the

Once upon a time, everyone made everything under the theory of “if you build it, they will come.” Big organizations created

Yeah, yeah, I know: that means 60 million people agreed with you. Those are your favorites. I get it. But I want to talk about the other half. What can you do about those people?

You could, you know. You could be one of the organizing forces of the evolution of humanity over the next century. But, first, you have to get off the middle school playground. You have to let go of your identity as that guy who calls himself Crazy Larry and throws confetti at the camera to sell used cars. You have to get a little more mature, yourself.

As an external advisor and consultant, I'm often cast in one of two roles: the blithering idiot, or the exotic explorer. Before you too hastily choose a label for me -- a prospect I don't relish, given the odds -- allow me to explain by way of a small example.

It takes under thirty steps to get from my car to my office building door - fifteen seconds from one place to the other. Even so, during this morning's "walk," I couldn't avoid being confronted with the kind of behavior that inadvertently screws up workplace cultures and renders managers and their groups ineffective.

I'd like to offer some cautionary words about youth today in the workplace. Wait, what? Older people think younger people are screwing everything up? That's new. No, no, wait. It's not new. Not at all.

An adult, posing as a kid, goes online to lure a teenage boy or girl into what could have been a dangerous situation. When the unsuspecting teen reaches the target location, his or her reaction is captured on camera, along with the reactions of the parents.