From the monthly archives:

August 2008

You Don't Lose Passions, You Just Gain Perspective

by Lance Haun on August 28, 2008

I was on twitter and reading people’s updates about the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It was interesting hearing things from the multiple sides out there. What’s really great about twitter is being able to see a stream of conciousness from so many different perspectives as it happened. Disappointment, elatement, anger, and apathy. From the [...]

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Having a Job Doesn't Make You an Entrepreneur

by Lance Haun on August 26, 2008

There seems to be this mythology floating around that, regardless of the facts, you are an entrepreneur. For anyone who has been in HR, you are familiar with these sorts of theories that are supposed to make everyone feel good about themselves. One class during college focused on how everyone was a leader in their own special way. I don’t do fuzzy HR and not everyone is a leader.

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Do You Know How To Thank A Blogger?

by Lance Haun on August 22, 2008

I’ll give you a hint: it isn’t clicking on ads on my site because you appreciate the content. And this advice isn’t from some random dude with a blog, it is from an author of several books on my personal bookshelf (Mr. Seth Godin).
Chris over at 1 Good Reason lays it out pretty simply:
Seth today [...]

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Tell Great Stories at Work and in Blogging

by Lance Haun on August 21, 2008

In case you haven’t noticed, I love telling stories. Something I will never forget about my late grandfather was his love of telling great stories. Whether it was from his childhood or from last week, you could always tell when a good story was coming. Some of what he said was so transparent and predictable [...]

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Following Happiness: 60% Of The Time, It Works Every Time

by Lance Haun on August 18, 2008

Brian Fantana: They’ve done studies, you know. 60% of the time, it works every time.
Ron Burgundy: That doesn’t make sense.
Anchorman (2004)
Last week, I was lucky enough to sit in on a conference call with Penelope Trunk. She was putting it on for members of Brazen Careerist (Gen Y career-ish oriented blogs) and I was extremely [...]

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Let's All Hold Hands and Sing Kumbaya

by Lance Haun on August 12, 2008

My first exposure to any sort of serious form of diversity training started at the university I went to. I was on a university diversity committee, somehow suckered into the role by my boss at the time. I walked into the room and, not surprisingly, nobody looked like me. I remembered how miserable I was [...]

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If Gen Y Gets Their Way, Training Goes The Way of the 8 Track

by Lance Haun on August 7, 2008

So you always hear about how one generation is better than another or one generation is stupid and one isn’t. This sniping goes on and on and I have often been a gleeful participant. I’ll admit it, I have fun making fun of Gen Y and their haters.
Very rarely do these sorts of posts go [...]

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Is it Harder to Blog Non-Anonymously in HR?

by Lance Haun on August 3, 2008

As you may have heard, HR Wench is out of the anonymous closet. She’s a fellow Portlander so I’ve been encouraging her to reveal herself but for slightly selfish reasons. But for every anonymous HR person revealing their true identity, there are probably three more starting blogs under the shroud of secrecy. Why does this [...]

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