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Topic: Poetry

  
INNOVATION   |  Comment

Pay Haiku

Edwina Pio, a management professor at the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, has researched the use of haiku in business. Based on her work with various organizations and leaders, she suggests that the form of Japanese ...READ»

Play Things

More ways the Web can amuse you and your friends.READ»

IDEAS   |  2 comments

What Would Your Company Do With a Poet in Residence? II

Last fall, John considered the value of poetry as a creative tool in business. In this morning's Daily News, Lloyd Grove discusses the poetry of British publisher Felix Dennis. While Dennis doesn't use his poetry to help shore up ...READ»

IDEAS   |  3 comments

What Would Your Company Do With a Poet in Residence?

I recently discovered a wonderfully provocative essay by one Peter Sansom on poetry and business. Sansom is the poet in residence at Marks & Spencer, the giant U.K. retailer. As Sansom writes, "...the first perceived difference ...READ»

To Extemporize Is Human

PowerPoint is dandy, but an online poetry jam shows that preparation has its limitations.READ»

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BEOS   |  Comment

BeOS Lives Again

Almost twenty years ago, a little company called Be created the BeOS, a robust little system that was light-years ahead of Windows and the MacOS. But the BeOS never had a future--until now. To understand its resurrection, you ...READ»

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Poet-in-chief

Once, Dana Gioia sold Jell-O. And he wrote poetry. Now, he's got a high-profile job that demands both skill sets.READ»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

It's Time for a Mind Meld

Meeting I Never MissREAD»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Living Dangerously - Issue 40

"Like the King, King David knew how to strum a person like an instrument."READ»

MARKETING   |  1 comment

A 4,000-Year-Old Valentine Marketing Opportunity

Here's what I hope my husband gives me for Valentine's Day: a replica of a 4,000 year old Sumerian tablet, about the size of a cell phone, that is inscribed with what's been identified as the world's oldest love poem. The New York ...READ»

Want to Web the Surf?

In Haiku, Maui; Where the techies come to work; Live in paradiseREAD»

ADVERTISING   |  Comment

Plotting the Impact of Creative Ideas

See the visual models associated with this post at http://changeorder.typepad.com/weblog/2008/03/plotting-the-im.html The wall has twenty or thirty sketches pinned to it, and you're in a big group of designers, account managers, ...READ»

dutch school

Poetic Dutch School Has Writing on the Wall, And the Floor, Tables...

Dutch architects i29 and Snelder have designed a school that inverts everything about traditional education buildings. Gone are wall posters and noticeboards, institutional green paint schemes and a jumble of colors. Instead, it's ...READ»

RAZOREYE   |  Comment

Razoreye

Web Detective Pro That is, Law should lay out prohibitions only if they are needed, and if the inconveniences caused by this restriction do not exceed the inconveniences that the prohibition is supposed to remedy. Privacy ...READ»

Fast Talk: The Mentor's Mentors

We asked top leaders about their mentors. What did they learn? What lessons do they still apply? What do they pass on to mentees of their own?READ»

WORK/LIFE   |  Comment

Three Things To Keep In Mind On St. Patrick's Day

They say we’re all a little Irish on St. Patty’s Day. This year, I have become seized with the peculiar urge to put on a bulky cable knit wool sweater and sit by the fire reciting love poems about rocks and mermaids, which my ...READ»

Fine Arts

The Delphian School has an active fine arts program. Facilities include studios for art, pottery and ceramics, and photography. The school offers classes in drawing, painting, sculpting, pottery, photography and other special interest areas. READ»

Send Fabulous Mothers Day Flowers in Charlotte

Send Fabulous Mothers Day Flowers in Charlotte Mothers Day is coming fast.  It’s the one day of the year that mothers get to be treated like royalty.  She anxiously waits for her kids’ treasured homemade cards or ...READ»

Living Dangerously - Issue 36

After a certain point, there is no path to follow.READ»

Celluloid Leaders

The Training-Ideas discussion group has been exploring movies that can be used to help coach business leaders. Among some of their recommendations: Apollo 13: Project Management The Bridge on the River Kwai: Leadership Dead Poets ...READ»

I Saloni

Italian Execs to Wall St.: Make Something Useful Already!

By turns testy, reproachful, defensive and self-congratulatory, Italian executives took the stage at New York's Museum of Arts and Design last night to insure America that, despite the wilting economy, in Milan, the furniture show ...READ»

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Jack Welch's Secret Diary

A Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

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FC CALENDAR   |  Comment

National Hobo Convention

Pack your rucksack and catch the overnight freight to Britt this Saturday, where the National Hobo Convention will celebrate all things vagabond during a weekend of flea markets, hobo poetry, and even a hobo memorial service for those ...READ»

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Sand Storm

Even as the latest satellite images and high-powered computers track and forecast Isabel, the day really belongs to centuries-old technology: the sandbag. As Margaret Martin, public works director in Annapolis, one of the cities ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

Leadership: Kick Back and Relax

The ability to relax! That’s what presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, advises as a necessary attribute of presidential leadership. Kearns, who consults for NBC and was speaking on Tim Russert’s CNBC show, presented a ...READ»