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‘Tis more blessed to give than to receive
It’s a funny thing, when you read John Milton’s Paradise Lost, how the main character, Satan, is so completely miserable. The other thing is, he’s completely …
Happiness matters
A new academic study is out; apparently happy workers are 13% more productive than unhappy workers. Surprised? Apparently, not only do happy employees work longer …
The Glue Before Glue Is Needed – Brian E A “Beam” Maue PhD
Trust. Without it, nothing holds together. As Socrates noted, even thieves have to trust one another in order to pull off a heist. Once you break a trusted relationship, you can …
It Had To Be Finished by Wednesday
Before John Coltrane, before Charlie Parker, even before Ben Webster or Lester Young, there was Coleman Hawkins, the great music titan, the man who first brought tenor saxophone …
The Key To Customer Love
One of our observations, going back to 2004 has been, “The future of advertising is internal”. What we meant by that was, rather than just seeking …
In Business, Nothing Ever Changes
How much does it cost Blue Apron to land a new customer? About $500. How much is an average customer worth? About $400 in …
It’s Like That, And That’s The Way It Is. – by Eaon Pritchard
The naturalistic fallacy, as outlined by Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume, is the leap from is to ought. The tendency to believe that what is, is …
Are you part of the Busy People Club?
Everyone reading this is pretty much a member of ‘The Busy People Club.’ We’re in the fast lane. We work long hours, we live in …
How do you balance freedom and responsibility?
How do you balance freedom and responsibility? Transparency, says Forbes. But we say it’s more than transparency: it’s trust. It’s trusting your employees enough to …
8 Key Steps for Effective Strategic Decision Making by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky
When was the last time you saw a business disaster? Cutting-edge research shows that such problems usually result from poor strategic decisions when we go with …
What is the best way to guarantee success?
What is the best way to guarantee success? I’d say the best way is to not fail in the first place. It’s hard to be …
The New Math: 5-1=6
Forty. Per. Cent. That is huge. Then again, this won’t surprise anyone in a truly creative field. Thanks to Victorian scientific ideas about work (aka “Taylorism”), …
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