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Make It Easier to Cut Your Losses

Company leaders often allocate manpower and money to projects long after it's become clear that they are failing, digging a deeper hole rather than trying to climb their way out of it. We recognize this foolishness immediately in others, but that doesn't stop us from making the same mistake ourselves. Why? READ»

Dumb Action Games Make You Smarter

Fed up with non-gamers telling you that Call of Action or Grand Theft Auto turns you into an idiot? Now you can present them with proof that games like this actually improve your decision making.READ»

Why companies need to look beyond the numbers

Three questions executives should ask when examining spreadsheetsREAD»

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Fixing Your Marketing - The Problem of Penguins

Reason #1 why your marketing doesn’t work – You are using Big Business marketing rules. If you’re playing by their rules, you’re going to lose just about every time.READ»

Make more money – stop selling and let people buy.

We all want to buy things, but nobody really wants to be sold anything.READ»

Nonsense At Work

Why stupid happens at work: Organizations are strange concoctions.  They are staffed with people who agree to strive for collective objectives in exchange for individual rewards.  These people agree on a code of conduct and to ...READ»

Communicating at Work

A major challenge for a manager is effectively and frequently providing feedback to employees. If managers rely on organizational processes such as annual or bi-annual evaluations, they will quickly run into trouble. Employees need ...READ»