Author Archives: Justin Locke

When I was in High School, I confess to you, I hated math class.  In 10th grade I had been transferred from a public school to a fancy dancy private school, and no one bothered to notice that the 10th … Continue reading →

Greetings culture lovers, So I gave a little talk down in Sharon MA last month, here is a video, or 75 minutes thereof. Note if you have already heard the Real Men Don’t Rehearse stories (in this case, of working … Continue reading →

I would like to introduce a new term to the lexicon, which I call “mental maps.” In my role as an occasional advisor/guru/management consultant, I often (as you no doubt also do) find myself making fairly obvious statements of logic … Continue reading →

Den-i-grate verb:      criticize unfairly; disparage.          synonyms:    disparage, belittle, deprecate, decry, cast aspersions on, criticize, attack; speak ill of, give someone a bad name, defame, slander, libel;     run down, abuse, insult, revile, malign, vilify, slur;     informal: … Continue reading →

Back when I was a musician there was a “thing” in the culture about seeking to serve “the composer’s intentions.”  So when I became, well, not a composer, but a playwright, I thought to myself, “Wow, this is going to … Continue reading →

Hello everyone.  Some of you may have noticed that I have not done a blog post for quite some time.  The reason is, I’ve been hard at work on my latest book.  I finally put it up on Kindle. A … Continue reading →

I like to think of myself as a freethinking individual.  I like to look at big problems and use my experience and my noggin to come up with possible unique solutions.  And I find I keep running into the same … Continue reading →

So I finally got around to putting my recent appearance on CBS Radio (with the fabulous Jordan Rich) on youtube!  I did my best to edit out the commercials etc.  Still, I was on all night, this is 90 minutes … Continue reading →

So there is this place up on the NW shore of the Michigan lower peninsula call Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.  It has been a well kept secret for many years (until Good Morning America blabbed about it)  but my … Continue reading →

(My latest at talentculture.com — a site for HR people) The next time you post a job opening, you might want to think twice before automatically including a requirement for a college degree.   You may think that this is a … Continue reading →