I know it's the off-season, but did you ever watch the Olympics? From the trials and tribulations of the planning and set up to a virus...

Those of you who regularly read the posts here on the Present Tense Blog (or at least those of you out there who know enough to trust...

This is the latest in a series of blogs on what we at Present Tense LLC call a “Master Story”. In this installment, Paul Mooney reminds...

A few months ago I grew impatient waiting in the lobby of the unemployment office. As is generally the best use of idle hands and minds,...

Like many people working towards their big break in television and/or film, I do multiple jobs. Among them, a decent amount of my work is...

Every now and then since leaving the Army, and even sometimes while I was in the Army, I wonder if I didn’t slip into a wormhole and pop...

As a founding member of Race2Rebuild, a charity racing team raising money for disaster recovery projects, I’ve been lucky enough to help...

Every one of us will experience this in our careers: some teams fall apart when a roadblock or a crisis comes up, while other teams adapt...

Let me begin this article by saying that hiking is nothing new to me. I know, I know, as The Bard himself so eloquently put it: "The lady...

Editor's Note: You may have noticed we haven't posted in a couple of weeks. This is in large part to our primary blog editor helping Paul...

- Frank Luby Two of the most frightening business headlines over the last three weeks both involved the state of California and a couple...

- Paul Mooney Creative writing is not something reserved only for those dreaming of selling their first literary masterpiece to the world...

- Stacey Ebert Companies have many similarities to schools, only now we are all grown up. Jobs replace assignments, bosses replace...

The response was perfect. Your cubicle buddy is going to laugh at your slightly snarky but still informed response to his recent push of...

- Frank Luby The Economist welcomed us to 2015 with a handful of intriguing articles on the future of work. In “Workers On Tap”, they...

- Paul Mooney Let me begin by directing you to the earlier post from Present Tense partner Elana Duffy highlighting the good business...

We’ve published our first “self-help” ebook on storytelling skills Present Tense LLC is launching a series of ebooks aimed at executives,...

- Stacey Ebert Professional development can be a trial. No one wants to sit through monotone presentations or worse, click-through online...

Elana Duffy Veteran’s Day, Armistice Day, whatever you call it in your country, the idea is the same in many countries that took part in...

- Elana Duffy My favorite book is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Between the sardonic humor, sarcasm, and - however ridiculous the book may...