Blogger defeats intolerance

USA Today reports that a blogger was threatened with a lawsuit by a right wing Christian group that objected to his parody of their attempts to "convert" gays. Justin Watt, who writes the Justinsomnia blog posted the parody several days ago and was recently warned by a lawyer for a group called "Exodus" that he cease and desist or face a serious law suit. Watt enlisted the aid of a law firm and the ACLU, and the bullies have backed down.

Management fads are a danger

Simon Caulkin in the Guardian has a good article about management fads and the dangers they pose. Remember quality circles? mbo? kpi? They didn't change anything, but they made a lot of work for "visionary" mangers. His recommendation: read "Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths And Total Nonsense: Profiting From Evidence-Based Management" (Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton) as an antidote.

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