In 1963, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram first described in Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology an experiment held in 1961 on our willingness to obey an authority figure asking us to perform acts that conflicted with personal conscience.

The results of this study were both influential and disturbing: While most tested subjects claimed a [...]

End of… Hmmm? Week 6? 7? Depends how you count the Holidays…

So now at last I am “upstairs” and “on the floor”, which mean a great promotion: A desk of my own and a computer that won’t be erased every couple of days. And a clear mandate: Kansas.

Though the way work is divided is by [...]

End of week three! Whoopee! Only 153 weeks to go on my three years plan.

My reflection is on how sometimes, first impression can be utterly wrong.

So – this week we had sales training, given to us by A. , whom we had met briefly in a random shotgun pattern over the previous two training weeks. [...]

Two done, 154 to go: My commitment is for three years, after that we’ll see.

So far so good. The group as a whole received so flack for high levels of absenteeism (not my problem – I have been assiduous); got involved with a bit of back-and-forth with our WoW playing Microsoft product champion, and apologized [...]

So first day of work, and 31 cm of snow swallows the city. Makes me glad to be four subway stops away!

Flashback: My HEC graduation was held at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of Place Des Arts, full with family and friends. As each graduation was called to the stage by diploma category – Marketing, Finance… – [...]

So a week ago today, on November 20th 2007, I applied for a job at PC Mall, as account manager. To make a long story short, MTEQC has been my main bread winner for a decade, and I feel the need for a change, to prove myself once again against new challenges.

This felt like a [...]