This is the link to my November 2010 FirstCuts article, Snow White and the Many Dwarves.

I’d love to hear what you think — let me know in the comments below. I have a feeling that many of my readers know a few Snow Whites, and lots of Dwarves… but let’s see!
FirstCuts 35 – Snow White and the Many Dwarves

In this new issue of FirstCuts I tackle a problem that you have probably seen — professionals using smartphones that are ridiculously unproductive.

While it’s not a Caribbean problem only, our high penetration rates for cell-phone technology means that we are among the first to experience the effects of the bad habits that are being adopted by smartphone users.

You can access the article by clicking on the graphic below, where it can be downloaded or read on the screen.

I’d love to get your comments to the article  by visiting the 2Time blog at http://www.2time-sys.com/2010/06/26/firstcuts34/ , and also any questions you might have.

In October 2008, I completed an issue of FirstCuts (#27) that pointed to the fact that intolerance in the Caribbean workplace comes at a very high price.

That post came on the heels of comments made by Prime Minister Bruce Golding of Jamaica that gays would not be allowed to join his cabinet.

A policeman, and therefore a member of the civil service, recently came out of the closet, and in declaring that he is gay, shared his experience at the risk of facing a severe backlash.

What should an executive, HR director or board member do if this were a private company?

Here is the link to my original FirstCuts article: http://blog.fwconsulting.com/2008/09/the-not-so-diverse-caribbean-workplace/

The new issue of FirstCuts is available  - A Propensity to Protest

This is issue 32, and you can find out why I wouldn’t take book a space on a Caribbean space shuttle to orbit the earth, if it were available!

(There’s a possible bit of controversy in this month’s issue…)

You can also access the audio version of the article here.

If you aren’t a subscriber and would like to follow the ideas in this ezine, simply visit the FirstCuts link in the menu above (http://blog.fwconsulting.com/firstcuts) or send email to firstcuts@aweber.com

I’d love to hear your comments on the article here on the blog!

The latest issue of FirstCuts is now available in a very new format.

Gone are my struggles with ASCII files that Microsoft Outlook would mangle into an unrecognizable melange.

Now, there’s a magazine-like interface that allows a user to read through the ezine much as they would a paper periodical.

Receiving FirstCuts on a regular basis is easy – -simply send email to firstcuts@aweber.com and click on the link in the confirmation email.

In the meantime, click on the icon below to be taken to this month’s issue of FirstCuts.  The audio version can be heard by clicking here — Podcast of FirstCuts31

Here is a short excerpt.  Also, I welcome any comments you may have here on the blog.

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Accepting the Plantation

One of the gifts that expats bring to a job in our region is a view of what it would be like to work in an environment that’s free of the tragic history that plagues the Caribbean workplace.

Expats remind those of us who work in the region that our workplace is a unique one that’s been unable to escape its past. It’s uniqueness comes from the fact that it’s the only workplace in the world that remains staffed by a majority of citizens whose ancestors were brought to the region as slaves or indentured servants.

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