Ever wonder how many users are on Facebook? The answer, today, is more than 250 million active users. Facebook started on a college campus (Harvard) in February 2004 and then…
Read MoreI make my living using cyber tools to better understand the “real” world. So, I’m the last person to bash the Internet or emerging social media. But because I spend…
Read MoreIn 1970, Alvin Toffler wrote a book called, Future Shock. He wrote of how things were changing so fast that people were becoming overwhelmed. Well here we are pretty close…
Read MoreHow do leaders assure their teams deliver as promised? In a previous blog, I wrote of how the people who work with me understand what’s to be done, what success…
Read MoreI continue to be amazed at the people who are prisoners of their business. I’m not talking about the employees; I’m talking about the owners. I hear these people lament,…
Read MoreDon Reynolds, the noted economist, and futurist states that 70% of the jobs that are going to be created over the course of the next decade will be in firms…
Read MoreI was thinking about how the basics in life are the basics in business….being honest and consistent in your business practices and brand messaging. Don’t over-promise…over-deliver and hold yourself accountable…
Read MorePeople have always used metaphors to help them understand their world. As we became an industrial society we used to speak of the universe as running like a fine watch….
Read MoreThe field of Economics can be summed up in one sentence: people respond to incentives. This premise coupled with the ever-constant pursuit to understand the cause and effect relationship of…
Read MoreIn Malcolm Gladwell’s new book, Outliers, The Story of Success, he makes a few points I think we’d all benefit from recognizing. It’s true Malcolm Gladwell’s new book is…
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