Brown Motion

I saw a film by the former title and read a book by the latter.  They were both random choices to fill the so called empty time and a much needed respite after trying to figure out what the governments at the federal and state level wanted of me and my spouse by way of tax liabilities. Tax season for Americans is approaching and we like to get the moronic adventure of filing tax returns out of the way the earliest we can but it turns out to be a taxing exercise for some reason. Anyway to further expand on the intersect between these two enjoyable events - the film and book - both engage and  enthrall and  are a study of con men/women in society.  But it's about so much more: trust, belief, and deception at their most basic and human levels. The film directed by Anurag Kashyap, stars a woman (of French heritage who I will call KK - initials of her name in real life) that plays the part of a determined but anguished twenty year old who has left the UK to co...

Lot of good speakers are available on the management talk circuit.  They perhaps outnumber Hollywood glitterati - in fact some of them provide counsel to said glitterati.  Recently I attended one such event hosted by a well known American company that specializes in lecturing on Business Performance Enhancement. They have speakers on hand that were former business leaders and have a wealth of real life experiences to share with the eager crowd. Some of the topics covered today included TRUST or the effect of having this virtue in an organization and how it enhances collaboration and profitability while reducing cost and waste. What I did find ironic is that this was being delivered to an audience made of American management resources half of who must be divorced as a matter of statistical certainty. The word pre-nup (contract used as a way of avoiding either party in a divorce to get taken to the cleaners)  was coined in this same culture but yet we were...