Social Media writer Monica Hamburg has just written a great post entitled Recruitment 2.0/HR 2.0. There is a...

"Closed for re-connection to our roots." For three hours today, for three long latte-less hours, every Starbucks in America will ...

Tim Gunn's right eyebrow is shooting toward the sky like a boomerang. It's the signature gaze, filtered through a pair of rimless glasses perched on...

by Jeff Fisher, Engineer of Creative Identity, Jeff Fisher LogoMotives When initiating the task of establishing a new public...

Leaders Cannot Dictate Emotion Often, I hear leaders exclaim, “Be motivated! Get excited! Act with Passion! Trust me!” They are visibly disappointed when I tell them that they can’t...

Everyone hates their taxes being spent on subsidies - - unless it’s to subsidize their own industry. It’s time for an honest debate about the role of subsidies in a 21st Century...

Nobody likes change! Even I don't like change. I consider myself comfortable exploring new things, new ideas and new ways to accomplish tasks. I adopt new technologies pretty early in their...

We are, of course, social creatures, and many marketers...

Last week I visited Walmart’s annual sustainable packaging conference in Bentonville, Arkansas. I learned that the first such meeting took place in a conference room in...

If the fruit of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 hasn't landed in your bank account yet, it's likely just a matter of time before you're throwing $600 on the...

As you alight from the elevator, you see, at the end of a long, paneled corridor, a huge Wilson Hurley painting of a Mars sunset bleeding from rust to black;...

By early January, everyone knew that the end was near for HD-DVD. At the annual Consumer Electronics Show, Time Warner announced that its Warner Bros. film studio would no...

Microsoft Live Mesh is out in Beta. I have had a few weeks to play with it. What is Live Mesh and why should you care? Live Mesh is a service that lets you synchronize your settings,...

Are you ignoring that exhaustion, telling yourself you’ll take some time off in a month or so?  In the meantime how are you able to effectively lead if you’re too tired to process everything...

Today is Thursday, so this post is on dynamic communication. Last Thursday, I did a post on how to become a dynamic story teller.  I described the four step process for creating and...

Fast Interview: Stanford professor BJ Fogg explains why the social networking site is the most powerful thing ever invented. And you thought ...

Innovation is new stuff that is useful. That’s just about the best definition. It clears up what’s interesting about innovation without overcomplicating. It also leads to the two...

Today's employers hire Subject Matter Experts to solve problems. Managers and executives might not like this, but the day of the Generalist is over. Now that it's easy to completely...

There are a lot of arguments for eating organically. Some of them are connected to environmental and sustainability issues. Others are based on the absence of a negative: pesticides. But much of...

Innovation is the key idea that is shaping corporate life, helping leaders conceive previously unimagined strategic options. Take acquisitions, as an example. Most are...

Have you ever sat in the reception area of a company and let yourself absorb the culture of that company? Have you ever watched how the members of the company behave and checked to see whether...

Here are some questions a number of Human Resources Directors and Heads of Leadership are aksing today: Should our CEO start a blog?Do our top three competitor CEO’s have blogs?Are these...

“Do what you’re measured on”  This is a quote from an engineer that I worked with. He focused on his metrics and his metrics alone. He got good raises, and remained...

I’ve frequently wondered what it would take to get organizations and the talented people in those organizations to achieve their full potential. As a consultant my observation would be that most...

In an e-mail today addressed to her supporters, Hillary Clinton offered her thanks...

I wrote an article today on my main site blog about social media...

Are you an MBA Clone? Was your business education more like "business programming"? If your answer is yes, you are probably not fully aware of the fact that...

Outside of one's own industry, the specifics of what you may do on a daily basis are seldom a religious experience for most people in the business world. In fact, a great number of professionals...

On Friday, the price of oil jumped a record $10.75 per barrel, to more than $138, immediately sending the dollar into a freefall and causing the Dow Jones to ask for a sick-day. Meanwhile,...

I was talking to a dear friend and fellow Coach the other day about ‘waiting for a crisis to change our ways of being’ as it applies in all aspects of our life, work, personal relationships,...

If a potential employer searched for you online what would they find? Would it help you get a job, or hurt your chances? Online Reputation Management gives you the chance to gain an unfair...

Politicians used to take their lead from marketers.  It was the Madison Avenue image-factory that led the way, teaching consultants and candidates how to shape their advertising, how to use...

The parking lot as measure of performance Why do some executives prize an office that over-looks the parking lot? Some simply want to know when it’s time to go...

I just read about the results of an interesting new study, “State of the Global Talent Nation”, conducted by Softscape. 94% of the...

In the average Major League clubhouse, where thick-armed, barrel-chested men curse and fart with equal aplomb, there is little room for conventional dorkiness. The majority of...

1. Success: Cloverfield Breakthrough: Blockbuster event movie shot in digital video Message: Godzilla...

New York — Here is an intriguing tale of two innovators. Apple gets a NORTH RIVER...

Hanh mitakuyapi.  I tried to post this yesterday but it wouldn't go, so here it is today.  On June 25, 1876, a thug named George Custer and soldiers of the U.S. 7th Cavalry under his...

There are some things that should not be put in an email in the workplace. But there isn't a course in college that tells you what to do. Gen-Yers have grown up using IM and email constantly....

With the world as competitive as it is, and the economy uncertain at best, it should come as no surprise that we should use any and all available advantages. Having impeccable manners and...

American Independence Day is all about celebrating the values our country holds most dear. And it's a holiday that we usually celebrate with fireworks in remembrance of the American Revolution....

I came across the following interesting article here this morning on FastCompany.com (color me surprised!) titled, "The...

In the past week I’ve seen three companies and one surprising manifestation of the cleantech revolution that’s shaping up worldwide. All of these observations are worth sharing as a means of...

The only sensible thing to do when one is about to kick off a career column is to Google the word "career." Let's face it, we live in a world where if you don't do a...

With so many people jumping on the “green technology” bandwagon these days, it can be extremely difficult to separate the snake oil salesmen from the people developing real technology. So when...

Some guy in Japan just bought the farm by working too hard. You heard right. He was 45, the lead engineer for a Toyota hybrid car division. While he was helping us reduce our...

Not all business travel is essential. That’s why some companies are eschewing air travel for video-conferencing and online communication. The fuel crunch has inflicted a serious wound on the air...

I think I know why legendary quarterback Brett Favre has struggled so mightily with the issue of his own his retirement. It's because over the last twenty-five years, since...

When a company hires someone who does not succeed, it can cost 3-6 times the amount of the hiring salary. Besides salary, taxes and benefits, there are an immense number of hidden costs related to...