Why, what and really? Yet another surreal week of sexual harassment in Silicon Valley

Yet another scandal of sexual harassment is unfolding in Silicon Valley this week, and after several nights lying awake, angry, thinking about the last 30 years, and expressing my ongoing frustration to a group of friends over dinner I was asked by a friend to answer 3 questions: 1. Why this still happens? 2. Are we really surprised that it does? 3. What does speaking up accomplish any more? First to the news. As has happened thousands of times before a venture capitalist, Justin Calbeck of Binary Capital, sexually harassed [...]

By |2017-12-07T11:30:55-08:00June 27, 2017|Equality|2 Comments

Why dating where you work is a dangerous sport

As the current fashion of writing about women in tech surges it's not surprising that tales of sexual harassment are emerging. Men in power, women climbing into power, money, ambition, attraction, alcohol - what could go wrong? Consider today's latest - the suit being filed against Tinder. While the filing is by nature one sided it does appear one person dated another, things went bad and harsh words were spoken. It's a scene being acted out all over the world today (most relationships do break up after all) but this [...]

By |2018-06-06T06:58:54-07:00July 1, 2014|Career Advice|0 Comments

Mark Hurd’s personal version of the Genesis story

How can this happen... again! This time it's a world-class CEO (Mark Hurd from HP) abruptly resigning because, during a sexual harassment investigation, HP finds he falsified expense reports to hide his relationship with a marketing contractor.Superb talent, leadership, success, the ability to move mountains and make money at the same time - brought down by desire. He saved a great company and got it back on track - and was the hero of Wall St and yet the HP board today must be banging their heads against the wall [...]

By |2017-12-06T17:14:18-08:00August 7, 2010|Equality|0 Comments
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