Congratulations to my hometown team Bayern Munich for winning last night’s Champions League final! Max had his own soccer game at kickoff time, but we watched a replay later and were thrilled to see them win their sixth title!
OBX 2020
Just came back from the Outer Banks with our little family pod enjoying jet skiing in the Currituck Sound, hiking the sand dunes of Jockey’s Ridge State Park, watching Dolphins passing by at sunrise and boogie boarding in Corolla, and visiting the wild horses on the Northern Shores.
JOM Editorial Term Ending
Today, my term as Associate Editor at Journal of Management has ended. I am incredibly grateful to Editor David Allen & Senior Associate Editor Taco Reus for offering me this amazing opportunity, and I learned a lot from handling more than 100 unique manuscripts (many for multiple revisions) and close to 100 review issue proposals during my three years at JOM. And I won’t be leaving JOM as I have been invited to join the incoming JOM editorial board and will also remain the AE for any manuscripts assigned to me during my term which are still in the review process.
Father’s Day on the Potomac
Spent a great day on our neighbors’ new boat on the Potomac River visiting Mount Vernon and Occoquan
West Virginia
Took a few days off with family and friends in a log cabin in West Virginia and enjoyed our time together hiking, kayaking, swimming, and making s’mores…
National Mall
Spent the day downtown in DC visiting the strangely empty national monuments…
Research on Dormant Ties Featured in the New York Times
Thanks to Adam Grant for featuring our research on reconnecting dormant ties in his New York Times column!
Given the circumstances we find ourselves in, which are forcing us to socially distance ourselves, (virtually) reconnecting with our dormant contacts can help a great deal to combat social isolation.
Read the full article for more.
Snowshoe Skiing
Spent the Winter Break skiing with family and friends in Snowshoe, WV, and had a great time despite the unusually mild temperatures
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays…
Family Skiing in Pennsylvania
Preparing for our upcoming Snowshoe vacation by skiing on opening day at Liberty Mountain, PA.
Skiing in Canaan Valley, WV
Went skiing today with Jorge R. in Canaan Valley, West Virginia. Great start into the 2019/2020 season despite the 8 degree Fahrenheit weather!
Soccer Practice @ Audi Field
Max enjoyed soccer practice at Audi Field today, including a meet-and-greet with some DC United players!
Fall Pictures 2019
Happy Halloween 2019
End of Fall 2019 Soccer Season
SMS 39th Annual Conference in Minneapolis
Spent the long weekend in Minneapolis, MN, for this year’s Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society, which was my final conference as Chair of the Strategy Process Interest Group.
JOM Editors’ Meeting in Norfolk, VA
Thanks to Journal of Management‘s Editor-in-Chief David Allen for hosting the JOM editorial board at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Southern Management Association in Norfolk, VA!
New York Weekend
Spent Labor Day weekend with the family in New York, and it was great to both share memories of our old stomping ground with the kids and experience new locations and sights together
AOM Best Symposium Award
Happy to share that our symposium “The Role of Memory and Cognition (vs. Activity and Behavior) in Social Networks” co-organized and co-chaired by Daniel Z. Levin (Rutgers) and myself was selected as a “Showcase Symposium” and the Winner of the Organizational Behavior Division Best Symposium Award!
2019 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
This year’s Academy of Management Annual Meeting is happening in Boston, MA. My co-authors and I are represented on the program with two presentations:
- Levin, D. Z. & Walter, J. (2019). Is tie maintenance really necessary?
- Ross, J. R., Mehra, A., Levin, D. Z., Walter, J. (2019). Dormant ties: A review and agenda for research.
Both presentations are part of a symposium Daniel and I organized:
- “The Role of Memory and Cognition (vs. Activity and Behavior) in Social Networks.” Presenters: Jiyin Cao (Stony Brook), Edward Bishop Smith (Northwestern), You-Ta Chuang (York), Fu-Sheng Tsai (Cheng Shiu), Wenpin Tsai (Pennsylvania State), Martin J. Kilduff (University College London), Tiziana Casciaro (Toronto), Jason Rekus Ross (Kentucky), & Ajay Mehra (Kentucky). Discussant: Ronald S. Burt (Chicago).
I was also honored by receiving an “Outstanding Reviewer Award” by the Strategy Division.
Athens
Visiting the birthplace of our civilization and political system on our day trip to Athens…
Zakynthos
Incredible vacation on Zakynthos, a tiny Greek island in the Ionian Sea! The most dramatic cliffs, hundreds-of-years-old olive trees, and the bluest water I’ve ever seen…
The Coddling of the American Mind (2018)
By Greg Lukianoff & Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press)
In this scathing indictment of recent trends in parenting, education, politics, and the media, a First Amendment expert and a social psychologist take on three “great untruths”–what doesn’t kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people–that contradict basic psychological principles about well-being and that result in a culture of safetyism which interferes with young people’s social, emotional, and intellectual development.
This excellent analysis of how “good intentions and bad ideas are setting up a generation for failure” is a must-read for young parents, educators, and anyone else interested in the future of our democracy.
Here’s the Atlantic article that formed the basis of this book.
End of Summer Swim 2019
Another successful summer swim season with the South Riding Stingrays has just ended–with Sophia making Divisionals and Max becoming a Colonial Swim League All Star for the first time!
Big Brother Is Watching You ;-)
