Contributors

T+D, August, 2003

The Contributors Questionnaire asks, they answer: First or most unusual job? Best or worst advice? What did you learn in high school? Claim to fame? And just for fun: Describe your shower curtain (compared to the $6000 shower curtain of the former Tyco CEO).

T D editor Haidee Allerton says that the worst--and the best--advice she ever got was to "learn to type."

Books guest reviewer Dee Anne Bonebright says attending an open school where all 12 grades were together and teachers functioned more as facilitators taught her to be "independent, self-directed, and demanding about the quality of her education."

Nightstand contributor Mary Buchel says one of the best pieces of advice she ever received was when you're providing training and consulting with management, "trust your gut and your own experience."

Saul Carliner said he learned in high school that he'd probably like college better. "And I did."

Concept contributor Simon Carr once spent three months as a research assistant in Antarctica, where he skied with penguins (the penguins weren't wearing skis). He says in high school he learned "enough French to order a beer and that being studious doesn't help in talking to girls."

Martha Gold completes her five-part (plus summary) series on enterprise-learning, for which she was profiled here in the April issue.

Frequent contributor Tim Hatcher has exhausted the CQ.

Development contributor Sandra Walston's first job was "chopping and analyzing" beets for a sugar company. "It was a hot and dirty job."

HPI expert Joe Willmore once worked as a "human ballast" on the back of a blade pulled by a tractor. "It required no intelligence or communication skills. I just had to avoid failing off."

Fundamentals contributor Tom Yorton used to rip out old furnaces while "smarter and more talented guys" put in the new ones. His worst advice? "It will look good on your resume." As for his shower curtain, he says, "We invite neighbors to hold up beach towels for us on the rare occasions we shower. Actually, it's a glass door that cost nowhere near $6000."