Google and NASA?

Based on an article in Mercury News, Google is teaming up with NASA to make a new research campus. It seems like an unlikely duo, but I can see how Google's technology can help NASA in "space age" technology. I'm not quite sure how Google benefits from this, except that it will probably receive a lot of goodwill to its name. Maybe Google just has too much cash to sit on and is trying to figure out useful investments. Microsoft has billions of dollars of cash on hand. It's not very useful to the company when it isn't employed in making more money. I think that Google is making a wise investment. It will help the company in some way.

Definition of Integrity

Since the fall of Enron and Arthur Andersen, I've heard a lot about integrity and how important it is to have leaders in the business community who have integrity. I feel that I have integriy in the sense that I'm honest with others. Well, I was at a seminar the other day and heard a new definition of integrity. The speaker talked about the integrity gap, which is the difference between what a person says and what he or she does. For example, a father might say to his kids that they shouldn't stay up late while he stays up late. The kids don't understand why it's okay for him to stay up late while they can't. I guess that it kind of goes back to the concept that Actions speak louder than words.

So, I've been thinking a lot about the integrity gap in my life. It's interesting because I realized that there is even an integrity gap between what I say to myself and what I do. I'm pressed for time, but still take a half hour to read my email. I'm running late, but I still stop to eat a casual breakfast. I don't always do what I need to do. So I'm setting a goal to be true to myself--to do what I say I'll do.