Corporate Lifecycle

Memo #35: Overtime

A "time" poem a week post daylight savings

Mar 16 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #33: Time to run

From Wood Snake to Fire Horse - Happy Lunar New Year!

Feb 23 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #31: Fractals

Snowflakes, poetry and org design

Feb 9 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #30: a poem is an office tower

poems as dwelling: a pastiche to Bukowski's poem, "a poem is a city"

Feb 2 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #29: Chasing Delta

No, this isn't about my delayed flight yesterday

Jan 26 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #21: Spans of Control

and the Wandering Albatross

Dec 1, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

TGIF #17: Strategery

and the Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit

Nov 21, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Monday Memo #19: Earning an MB(P)A

The Poetry Business School - a timely holiday gift and an unlikely entrepreneur

Nov 17, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #18: Soft Skills

Key (Poetic) Indicators on the eve of the "agentic age"

Nov 10, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

TGIF #16: The Tragedy of the Commons

an economic parable poem

Nov 7, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

Memo #17: A prayer for productivity

on daylight savings and the "liminal leader"

Nov 3, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

TGIF #13: Prediction vs. Poetry

Why students at MIT are writing poems

Oct 10, 2025 • Heather M. Coughlin

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