tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164353561843227536.post2781952039252103134..comments2024-03-21T02:30:39.304-05:00Comments on Some Lies: A Call to the Academic Blogospheretideliarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570056632131128856noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164353561843227536.post-391884317689333752009-06-01T00:36:17.169-05:002009-06-01T00:36:17.169-05:00Just to make things clear: Kennedy's book is mostl...Just to make things clear: Kennedy's book is mostly about how things <I>should</I> work in the academe but he also provides some examples of what happens when they do not work this way. Of course, Good to Great could help too. Perhaps Gladwell's Outliers could also be of interest. Speaking of more academic stuff, see e.g. <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=bMGWANVC2bsC" REL="nofollow">this book</A>, but it should be noted that it does not really address the US specifics that much. As for the biomedical specifics, see also this <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=lxCwmW75i4gC" REL="nofollow">book</A>. Finally, the posts on my blog also could be of some interest :)Successful Researcher: How to Become Onehttp://aclinks.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164353561843227536.post-85898360965425436252009-05-30T18:43:35.522-05:002009-05-30T18:43:35.522-05:00thanks for the suggestion. i was thinking of givin...thanks for the suggestion. i was thinking of giving him my copy of "Good to Great" too. compassion + ruthless drive for success...tideliarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570056632131128856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164353561843227536.post-4771843231835993392009-05-30T17:48:30.452-05:002009-05-30T17:48:30.452-05:00Another book that comes to mind is D. Kennedy, Aca...Another book that comes to mind is D. Kennedy, <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=1BOUGMw_mgwC" REL="nofollow">Academic Duty</A> which gives some examples (pretty mild though) of what is academe like behind the scenes.Successful Researcher: How to Become Onehttp://aclinks.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164353561843227536.post-90582977221357252512009-05-28T15:46:23.002-05:002009-05-28T15:46:23.002-05:00OK, cool. SO my advice so far is on track. He is w...OK, cool. SO my advice so far is on track. He is worried he is not working hard enough...in the last 2 years he has built a system wide institutional science database and cloned it for human resource management. This year alone he has two first author papers and is PI on an R01 and Co-I on two more. <br /><br />I think he's gonna be OK...tideliarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570056632131128856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9164353561843227536.post-59104756603126593252009-05-28T14:11:53.542-05:002009-05-28T14:11:53.542-05:00Hmm, basically: trust no one, with ANYTHING; get e...Hmm, basically: trust no one, with ANYTHING; get every commitment they make in writing; make them commit to space for you in writing; get as many grants as you can as soon as possible so you have the most money and they can't hold anything over on you; find the good people and cherish them (both those who work FOR you and colleagues/mentors); publish everything ASAP again so they can't hold anything over on you; and don't trust anyone. Did I tell him not to trust what anyone says? No matter how obsequiously nice they seem?Arlennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199564304824250359noreply@blogger.com