R.I.P. Public Access Television

Tom Stern — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:02:17 -0500

Here in Los Angeles, the city rang in the New Year by closing down all of its public access TV studios, signaling an end to homegrown, grass roots production of eclectic and often monumentally weird alternative programming. Cities in Michigan, Illinois and Indiana are also shutting down facilities, and if the amount of locally-based “save public access” postings on the Internet are any indication, the trend is continuing.

The Headhunter's Guide To The Top 10 Films Of 2008

Tom Stern — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:41:16 -0500

The Economic Downturn Holiday Songbook!

Tom Stern — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:19:23 -0500

Bailout, Bailout, Who Gets the Bailout?

Tom Stern — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:43:22 -0500

If you have wandered into any of the nation’s leading retail establishments lately, you have experienced first hand the lackluster, even fearful approach to consumer spending that has left your neighborhood Target or Circuit City resembling the decimated wasteland that is left after the demons in the Ark kill everyone but Indy and Marion in the first Raiders. Living in California, I am used to making the drive to Joshua Tree when I need to take in a vast expanse of desert nothingness. Now, I can get the same perspective by standing in a Home Depot.

When It's Time to Adapt to a New Leader

Tom Stern — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:49:23 -0500

Anyone who has ever had a job (which I assume includes most everybody reading this, unless my cousin Rudy—who has been spending the past eight years thinking that reciting his poetry in coffeehouses to an audience of nine people, six of whom still wear berets on a regular basis, is going to somehow manifest into a career—has taken to perusing business publications) knows this whole “brand new President of the United States” thing is no big deal. The workforce is already well trained in making the necessary adjustments to having a new person at the top of the food chain. We’ve all

Three Ways to Turn Negative Campaigning Into a Work/Life-Win Strategy

Tom Stern — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:03:34 -0400

Becoming a Doctor? That's So Dial-Up!

Tom Stern — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:17:59 -0400

What Sarah Palin Might Have in Common with Your Boss

Tom Stern — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:00:10 -0400

One thing you can say about Sarah Palin: she is certainly a conversation starter. I haven't had this much fodder for party banter since Don Imus revealed to the world that his future as a college basketball coach was limited. The left will argue that Palin's stands on key issues are dangerously retrograde. The right puts forth that her everywoman quality is exactly what the country needs.

The Skills Portability Factor

Tom Stern — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:29:16 -0400

From Kindergarten to the Boardroom

Tom Stern — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:20:08 -0400