Computers, Emails, Dishonesty
Posted on06 Dec 2012
Tagshappiness, Facebook, email, computers, Harvard Business Review, Mattitiyahu Zimbler, Stephen Marche, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Robert Feldman, The Atlantic, team intelligence, team building, social media, relationships, management by walking around, management by email, management
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Technology has made communication tremendously convenient and fast. Consequently, communicating via computers, especially emails and varying forms of text messaging and instant... Read More
Creative Innovation (Pt 10): Information & Interruptions
Posted on05 Nov 2012
TagsCreative Innovation Series, creativity, decisions, education, information, Information Diet, innovation, knowledge, multi-tasking, power, risk, technology, The Atlantic, The Economist
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Today, we have expansive, quick access to information. Moreover, we have sophisticated reminders of communications we receive and the tasks to do,... Read More
Beauty as Power (Pt 6): Sexual Business Strategy
Posted on29 Oct 2012
Tagsbusiness, women, The Atlantic, television, merchandising, men, Liza Mundy, glamor, Fox News, Fox Business, energy, beauty, attractiveness
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How we feel about others’ attractiveness influences us. Businesses create sophisticated marketing, advertising and branding strategies often tapping into the sexual energy... Read More
Extroverted vs. Introverted Leaders – The Important Point
American business culture tends to prize extroverted traits over introverted ones. One online survey of 1,500 senior business leaders found that 65%... Read More
Arguing The Opposing Viewpoint As Problem-Solving Method
Posted on14 Jun 2012
Tagsmanagement, The Atlantic, problem solving, PBS NewsHour, military, Information Diet, decisions, Daniel Klein, Clay Johnson, Before You Make That Big Decision
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While on the debate and student congress team in high school, practice included arguing the opposing viewpoint. This helped us find arguments... Read More
Management Tips From Changing Taste Using Stories
Posted on07 May 2012
TagsPlacebo Management Series, Wayne Curtis, The Atlantic, taste, Talent, T.A. Breaux, storytelling, relationships, presentation, politics, placebo, liquor, intuition, interpretation, interpresonal, Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA, food
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Storytelling plays a valuable role in marketing. It seems though with foods it plays another role. That is one of changing taste... Read More
Culture, Relationships Trump Vision, Strategy, Process
Businesses spend much money on developing their visions, strategies and processes; however, they spend relatively little on culture, which trumps all of... Read More
Consumer Psychology & Freud’s Rebirth
Posted on29 Dec 2011
Tagsdecisions, emotions, Ernest Dichter, Sigmund Freud, intuition, irrational, judges, names, online dating, Retail Therapy, retailing, subconscious, The Atlantic, The Economist
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There is no place that the revisiting of our unconscious urges are taken more seriously than in retailing. The Economist article “Retail... Read More
Entering the Golden Age of Women in Business
Posted on01 Dec 2011
Tagsattributes, workplace, women, Virginia Rometty, The Atlantic, technology, Talent, skills, relationships, men, intuition, humans, Fortune 500, Feminine Influence in Business, Chief Executive Officer
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If you have a son and a daughter both under college age, odds are greater that she will become CEO of a... Read More
Diverse Workforce Means Rethinking Talent to Manage It
Posted on27 Oct 2011
Tagsadaptability, change management, creativity, diversity, innovation, management, market, networking, Personality, Richard Florida, social skills, Talent, The Atlantic, homophily
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In the October 2011 issue of The Atlantic, I ran across Richard Florida’s article, “Where the Skills Are” and found myself rethinking... Read More
