Showing Leadership In The Workplace By Skipping Details
A paradox exists with details. Plans can’t work without attention to them. Yet, when it comes to showing leadership in the workplace,... Read More
9 Tips on How To Bamboozle Someone Anytime You Want
Posted on14 Nov 2016
Tagsprocessing fluency, big data, public speaking, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Economist, presentation, Influence, confidence, authority
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How to bamboozle someone anytime you want is simple. Literally. Most of the tips are easy. A couple might require practice. They... Read More
The “Big Three” Time Wasters in Business
Posted on28 Aug 2014
TagsThe Economist, documentation, Bain & Company, meetings, Bloomberg Businessweek, time, technology, McKinsey & Company, management, Harvard Business Review, email, efficiencies
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The big three time wasters in business are emails, meetings and white tape, companies’ internal bureaucracies. All three aren’t new to most;... Read More
Big Data, Big Personality Assessor
Imagine applying for a job. In addition, to all the necessary disclosures for background checks, references, credit reports, drug tests and personality... Read More
Secret to Creativity (Pt 2): Innovative Process and Taco Bell
A venture firm presented their search process. It began with examining about a 1,000 companies. Of those, they analyzed business plans from... Read More
At Disney, Scheduler or Extemporizer?
Posted on02 Jun 2014
Tagsfreedom-order duality, Bloomberg Businessweek, TED Talks, public speaking, Christopher Palmeri, Disney, big data
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Christopher Palmeri reports in “Disney Bets $1 Billion on Technology to Track Theme-Park Visitors” (BloombergBusinessweek, March 7, 2014) that Disney is leveraging... Read More
Personification’s Importance: Stephen Curry and NBA
Golden State Warriors’ guard, Stephen Curry, is a great case study of the recognized importance of personification, giving something a personality. As... Read More
Social Media, Email, Texting (SMET) Addiction
Posted on20 Mar 2014
Tagshappiness, SMET Addiction, loneliness, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Economist, The Atlantic, texting, storytelling, social media, Pollyannaism, Facebook, email, efficiencies, effectiveness, creativity
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A SMET addiction exists for three reasons. First, it’s extremely hard to resist engaging, and SMET has potentially harmful effects, the second... Read More
Secret to Creativity
One of the books that had the greatest impact on my life was Picasso 1881 – 1973 by Carsten-Peter Warncke, Ingo F.... Read More
Economics, Illogical or Irrational?
Once upon a time, long, long ago, a successful retail executive confided that in college she didn’t do well in economics. She... Read More
