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The Innovative Individual

What Jim Canterucci mentions in his post is a pertinent issue. There is only so much that organizational processes and structures can do to make organizations more innovative. Let us not forget that above all organizations are not ...READ»

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Is Your Boss a Psychopath?

Odds are you've run across one of these characters in your career. They're glib, charming, manipulative, deceitful, ruthless -- and very, very destructive. And there may be lots of them in America's corner offices.READ»

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Crime Rates Fell Despite Recession - But Why?

A criminological puzzle.READ»

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Robert Latham at New School Allowed Ethnic Albanian To Condone Genocide Against Serbian Orthodox Christians in Kosovo

VI. As I said I left early but I will never forget his phrase stating: “I, Fatmos Ljubonia, have come to the New School for Social Research to ask you, The New School students, to give me, Fatmos Ljubonia, new creative nationalist ideas to PROMOTE AND TO CONSTRUCT A GREATER ALBANIA!”READ»

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Social Media Research with HP Labs

Dr. Bernardo Huberman is director of the social computing lab at HP Labs and is a senior fellow, too. Why is HP doing social research? Well, Bernardo tells us and gives us some insights into what his team is learning.READ»

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Shawn Baldwin from CMG with Nobel Laureate Dr. Gary S. Becker

Shawn Baldwin from CMG in Chicago with Dr. Gary Becker at the 2009 Milken Global ConferenceREAD»

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Career Taxidermy

Career taxidermy makes dead models of work and family look alive.READ»

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Act II: The iPod Effect

If you're still hungry for more riveting news on the social impact of the iPod (see David's post from last week on subway theft), it turns out iTunes playlists are more about bling and less about revealing your true self! Who ...READ»

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From Jobs to Projects

Career guru Barbara Moses wants you to grab hold of your projects to grab hold of your career.READ»

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Betrayed by Work

People take their work more personally than ever. But what happens when work becomes too personal? These cautionary tales can help you figure out where your work ends and your life begins.READ»

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Brain scientists make the case for "survival of the kindest."

Researchers are challenging long-held beliefs that human beings are hard-wired to be selfish. In a wide range of studies, these scientists are amassing a growing body of evidence to show we are evolving to become more compassionate, empathetic and collaborative in our quest to survive and thrive.READ»

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Crescent Prep High School - Students all over the U.S.

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There's No Place (to Work) Like Home

And that's why it's so hard to work with people who go to the office. Christena Nippert-Eng is an expert on home office problems -- and solutions.READ»

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Urban Tribes and Social Dark Matter

Ethan Watters wrote the book Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family, and Commitment. His SXSW Interactive addressed how our self-chosen communities are nodes in large, complex networks of such groups. What follows ...READ»

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Cyber Unions

Report from the FuturistREAD»

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Getting Real

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

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The Virus of Marketing

When it comes to getting a message out with little time, minimal budgets, and maximum effect, nothing on earth beats a virus.READ»

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Developing Facebook's Social O.S.

With over 200 million registered users, Facebook is the largest social network ever. With that size come opportunities for creating new applications that place social interaction at their core—what Senior Platform Manager, Dave ...READ»

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Developing and Building Leadership Know-how

How to manage and encourage Leadership 1. The 21st century is different from other times a. Transparency- one can’t hide their performance from either outside or inside activists b. They demand performance 2. Many people ...READ»

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Too Smart to Marry? Not So Fast!

As if bright women don't have enough to worry about -- what with wage gaps andREAD»

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The Y2K Opportunity

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

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Leaders Include Variety in Ideas and People

Real leaders seek to avoid groupthink, a common trap that reduces innovation and good decision making because group members agree with each other, no matter what.READ»

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Director, Department of the Future

Job Titles We'd Like to Have -- Marian SalzmanREAD»

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Who's Fast 2000

The future belongs to -- and is being created by -- unsung heroes and rising stars: people who use their energy, their brains, their passion, and their commitment to make a difference.READ»

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Your Life as a Dog

This hilarious novel shows how work can be absorbing and exciting -- and turn you into something less than human.READ»