If It Were Only That Easy

There’s a post by Seth Godin from 6/16/2011 (HT Bruce Hembd from Horn Matters) where he discusses the perils of negotiation brinkmanship amidst the current period of intense financial distress. Not only is it short and sweet but it sums up much of the root problems from some of the headline dominating labor relations disasters this season. At the same time, it demonstrates how the same approach was actually productive back in the day…

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A Fresh Look And Ponder Worthy Philly Thoughts

InsideTheArts.com has a brand new look; there’s a slick new homepage slider for featured articles, each of the authors has the two most recent articles listed on the homepage and (wait for it) all of the terrific What’s Bothering Jeff? videos are back up. In fact, even though they are hosted on YouTube, iPad and iPhone users can watch <gasp>…

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A Legacy Of Mistrust In Detroit

The 7/5/2011 edition of the Detroit News published an article by Lawrence B. Johnson that examines the ongoing impact fallout from this season’s prolonged strike at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). In particular, Johnson focuses on the growing list of musicians who have decided to take jobs in other orchestras, retire, or simply up and leave as a result of an overwhelming lack of confidence in the orchestra’s leadership… All in …

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Growing Pains

Regardless how much we hate it, pain is our friend. It keeps us on our toes and at times, it’s the only benchmark we have to know we’re doing something the right way. Case in point, since the onset of the 2010/11 season, Adaptistration’s readership has grown by leaps and bounds. As a result, traffic is so high that the site has become a little sluggish but fear not, we’re in the process of converting pain into progress in the form of improved interwebs so you should start to see things return to normal in a day or so…

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Who Doesn't Hate Putting Together An RFP?

Grinding The Gears

Is there anything more tedious than putting together an RFP (Request For Proposal)? It’s even worse when you have to compile an RFP about a topic you don’t know much about. Granted, it’s a good way to learn and it certainly helps getting organized, but wouldn’t it be nice to have someone else do all the heavy lifting? Well then, I might have something to brighten your day…

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