Today the Dalai Lama will get to broadcast his thoughts to many thousands of Chinese, 140 characters at a time. He's considered an undesirable to the authorities there, remember, and his team has had to resort to some holy hacking to ...READ»
Oh dear--this isn't going to end well, and it's a shame. Apple, which usually enjoys a rosy-tinted PR glow, has soured its image by censoring iPhone apps that relate to the Dalai Lama in China.READ»
Outstanding performance is the third key to career and life success that I discuss in my book “Straight Talk for Success.” If you want to become an outstanding performer you have to become a lifelong learner, set and achieve ...READ»
The market action since January 19th shows that the momentum from excessive liquidity is ebbing before the recovery can bloom. Now, the market is searching for corroboration to justify current levels.READ»
A visionary leader perceives challenges and growth opportunities before they happen, positioning people to produce extraordinary results that make real contributions to life.
I have begun working with a select group of people ...READ»
Even as the latest season of “American Idol” moves into its final weeks, I was on the fence about creating an “Idol”-themed blog for today. It seemed a little low-brow. Then I found an article on the show, by no ...READ»
Today, World Architecture News unveiled the finalists for it's Educational Building of the Year, and it's an impressive lot, designed to solve real problems. Here's a round-up of the six competitors:
The Australian Technical ...READ»
A friend of mine called tonight to complain about her boss. As I listened, I agreed that her boss was completely out of line in calling her on the carpet in front of her colleagues. She felt terrible, she was in tears on the phone ...READ»
In business, there's great emphasis on forecasting the future and forward-thinking, especially in my field of Internet presence. That's not to say we can't also take it one day at a time, reminiscent of the teachings from Buddhist ...READ»
MIT's Patrick Winston offers some useful tactics and tips for academic lecturers that might also be useful for people who give a lot of sales presentations, speak at conferences, or lead training seminars. Among the ...READ»
CEO Dad’s Tuesday Tirade….
Okay, ghosts and goblins, it’s Halloween, and the pressure is on to have the most original costume at your workplace. Well, why go as Jack Sparrow or Elvira or Spiderman when you can make a real ...READ»
If your process breaks down and a customer has an experience that is less than what they deserve, tell your customer what you are going to do to make sure no other customer is inconvenienced in the same way.READ»
Twitter is banned in China--all sorts of culturally-polluting ideas might leak through the Great Wall if the government let citizens use it. So there are state-monitored local alternatives. And the President's just joined one. A new ...READ»
Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the USAIt’s easy to believe in the status quo. The existing state of affairs can seem so ...READ»
It sounds corny, but it's true: Bishop William Swing is a man on a mission. His goal? To change the relationships among the world's religions, from hostility to harmony.READ»
This morning the World had a bit of a surprise: The Nobel Prize Committee announced its choice for the Peace Prize as President Barack Obama (the subject of Fast Company's April 2008 cover story, "The Brand Called Obama"). Few people ...READ»
When Karen Armstrong, an author and former Catholic nun, won the 2008 TED Prize, she made a TED wish worthy of Mother Theresa: that a Charter of Compassion be drawn up with help from leading thinkers in Judaism, Christianity, and ...READ»
