Teachers Everywhere
Fast Company’s Alan Webber summarizes nuggets of wisdom from his Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business Without Losing Your Self (2009.) Rule #52: “Stay alert! There are teachers everywhere.” I’ve learned great rules from strangers sitting next to me on a short airplane ride—they just happened to say exactly what I needed […]
Signs of Lying: Inconsistent Details
Singapore’s Women’s Weekly identifies some telltale signs of lying: Lying at work is a quick way to distract from the truth and sometimes, get out of getting into trouble. One logical telltale sign is lying when a person lying to you is unable to give consistent details or accounts of whatever they’re lying about.
Horrid Fate of Animals and Animal Slaughter
Novelist Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle should instigate everyone who reads it to think twice about enjoying meat: One could not stand and watch very long without being philosophical, without beginning to deal in symbols and similes, and to hear the hog-squeal of the universe…. Each of them had an individuality of his own, a will […]
Displaying Many Variables at Once
from Stephen Few’s Show Me the Numbers (2012,) Graphs can be used to tell complex stories. When designed well, graphs can combine a host of data spread across multiple variables to make a complex message accessible. When designed poorly, graphs can bury even a simple message in a cloud of visual confusion. Excellent graph design […]
Why Anyone Would Want Howard Schultz to Be President
When Howard Schultz spurred speculation of political intent when he announced that he was stepping down as Starbucks’ executive chairman and “think about … public service,” Barrons’s noted, Many prominent executives believe “leadership in the public sector has devolved to people who are willing to go along with whatever will get them elected,” says Kathryn […]
Sit Less, Stand More
As they say, sitting is the new smoking. Singapore’s Women’s Weekly identifies exercises and stretches to prevent and alleviate lower back discomfort: It might seem rather obvious that to counter the negative effects of sitting for too long you have to stand, but this might be harder than it seems. After all, we’re so used […]
Carlos Ghosn’s Arrest Emphasizes Key Man Risk
Barron’s quotes Karen Brenner, clinical professor of business at New York University Stern School of Business, in analyzing news that Carlos Ghosn, the chairman of Nissan Motor, was arrested in Tokyo for financial improprieties: “boards have to be really alert, especially in good times.” “It’s easy for a board to be alert when times are […]
Think Big but Start Small
Google executive Susan Wojcicki, currently CEO of YouTube, presents The Eight Pillars of Innovation, Think big but start small. No matter how ambitious the plan, you have to roll up your sleeves and start somewhere. Google Books, which has brought the content of millions of books online, was an idea that our founder, Larry Page, […]
The Best Venture Capital Decisions Usually Challenge the Status Quo
INSEAD Professor Henning Piezunka interviews Kleiner Perkins partner Randy Komisar: Our best investments usually come in very close calls or significant conflicts amongst the partners. If all the partners agree “yes” or “no,” it’s usually not a good decision. The best ventures usually challenge the status quo and make us think in ways that create […]
The 20 Best Places To Visit In 2020
Working with the Ovation Travel Group, Forbes’s Christopher Elliott compiles this list of the top leisure destinations to visit in 2020: Amangiri (Lake Powell,) Utah and Antelope Canyon, Arizona Palermo and Sicily, Italy Cape Town, South Africa Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina Kigali, Rwanda Marrakech, Morocco Porto and Douro Valley, Portugal Tel Aviv, Israel Atacama Desert, Chile […]