As the whole world knows, New York City was devastated by COVID-19 this past spring and summer. In the first eight weeks, we lost more than 24,000 people, including my friend Jan Fornéy-Holden, may she rest in power. In June, when the worst of it seemed over, the City started letting restaurants serve diners out Read More
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When a Zoom Meeting Is Better
Maybe We Won’t Go Back to In-Person Meetings, Ever I’m pretty sure that—when you long for the trappings of your previously normal life—in-person meetings aren’t at the top of your “things I wish I could do again” list. (At the top of my list? Hugging my adult daughter, who I haven’t seen for almost ten Read More
Act “As If”: Because the Only Thing We Control is Ourselves
Lately, A Feeling of Control is Hard to Come By… Like many people, I like thinking that I’m in control—of myself, of my prospects, of my own life. But with the unchecked pandemic, the coming climate chaos, the near-collapse of our economy (because Wall Street is not the economy!), this insane back-to-school season, our endangered Read More
Your Job Hunt Needs Informational Interviews (Part I)
As I write this, somewhere between 18 and 30 million unemployed Americans are chasing roughly 6 million jobs. Some fields have more jobs than others, and some regions of the country have more jobs than others. But whether you’re searching in a good, bad, or ugly job market, informational interviewing will serve you well—now and Read More
Some Thoughts about Race for White Readers
NOTE: If you’re reading this post, it’s because you want to communicate (and think) more effectively about race. I hope these observations help. For most of my life—since I started working as a white vocalist in a Black music tradition, jazz—I’ve been thinking off and on about race. And yeah, did you catch where I Read More