Recently I had a discussion with Ken Haigh, PeopleMatter's COO, about the dangers of reaching into the monkey trap. Not familiar with the term? The concept is based on placing an item, say a banana, ...

In Robert M. Pirsig’s 1974 book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, the author describes a device he calls “the old South Indian Monkey Trap.” It consists of a hollowed-out coconut with some ...

A monkey trap is a very clever device that uses the monkey’s character against him. It works like this. A bottle, jar or coconut is prepared with a small hole in the top. The hole is large enough for ...