Monthly Archives: June 2016

Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development – a RussoReview

This very long post will concern itself with a review of the work of Erik Erikson and his Stages of Psychosocial Development. I want to have this up on the Blog for future reference. I will begin by reviewing the … Continue reading

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Trans-National-Professional-Stan: Extreme Liberalism as a Mental Disorder

The elites of my world – the transnationalprofessionals – are apoplectic at Brexit and the slight victory the other day of British nationals over the internationalists.  Ms. McArdle in her article from Bloomberg, reproduced below, could not have said it … Continue reading

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The Middle Finger of Love: Managing YOUR Passive Aggression

Recently, I had to wait behind a woman who insisted on holding me up at a light while she texted someone something that was obviously far more important than my right turn.  I could tell that she knew I was … Continue reading

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Drexel-Sibbet: A model for team performance

The tenets of this model were presented in a TEC meeting in mid-2014 and I found them fascinating and worthy of a post here at www.jvrusso.com. The first thing to remember as you look at the DS illustration is that teams … Continue reading

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Resumes are Everything; Job Interview are IEDs

“Your resume is everything. Job interviews are improvised explosive demonstrations.” What you have done – what you have accomplished and achieved, and where you have been – is everything. The CV, the resume, should capture it all, and it along … Continue reading

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LinkedIn: A Good Microsoft Acquisition?

Answer: without question. Look at this chart from Statista, a service I subscribe to and which tracks share prices, EPS, the price of tea in China, you name it. Anyway, if you look at LinkedIn’s share price over the past … Continue reading

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Life Forms as Minorities … Even they can be tyrannical!

Reflecting this morning on some interesting news out of Oregon; To wit, An Oregon judge ruled Friday that a transgender person can legally change their sex to “non-binary” rather than male or female in what legal experts believe is a first in … Continue reading

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Ten Things Non-Robots (Humans) Will Always Do Better

Harping (still) on this — about the rise of the robot — I got to wondering: What are TenThings™ Non-Robots Will Always Do Better? Act – Here I am talking about the ability of a robot to “act” like a human. … Continue reading

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The Very Best Dissertation is a Done Dissertation

The dissertation was largely undone when we returned to the States in October of 2015.  I had dabbled with it during the time in Adelaide and even made some progress on understanding my design (statistics are indeed the bane of … Continue reading

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What will the Non-Robots Do?

A recent article in the Times of India reminded me a long-held fear I’ve had about a future with robots doing everything for us (as we doing nothing).  My friends are somewhat sick of hearing me harp on this, so … Continue reading

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