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The difference between ‘great’ and ‘need’
In his book Designing Products People Love, Scott Hurff explains the make-or-break difference between great products and products that people need. Think about what …
The most important part of speech
Most of what you want to share can’t be said. At least, not in traditional words. From The Nonverbal Group: Dr. Albert Mehrabian, author …
Human 4 Human
Face-to-face social interaction leads to a longer life. This was one of the most important takeaways from April’s international TED conference: that there is …
Good Personality Traits and Self Confidence
Well-being is associated with five “good person” traits: Enthusiasm, compassion, low withdrawal, industrious, and intellectual curiosity. It’s science. The first three of these traits …
How to Stay Focused at Work: Directing the Flow
If we can control one thing in this unpredictable universe, it’s how we spend our energy. We can pretend to multitask, but we all …
Oh, you can’t take that away from me
The brothers Gershwin wrote a lovely song about love – about the things a woman can do to make a man fall madly in …
Big Picture Thinking
The truth about truth is: once you know it, you can’t let it go. And once you understand a story, it never fades. …
Respect In the Workplace
Americans are obsessed with romantic love. The “coupled up” ideal infiltrates our lives from marketing (duh) to Supreme Court decisions. In his decision on …
The reality of conspiracy theories
After the Oscars, a conspiracy theory once reserved for cult people in the wilderness came to mainstream media: we’re living in a computer simulation, …
Where the wild things are
I’m going to give you a metaphor for business. Tell me what you think. Journalism school is where you learn how to be a …
Team Building Activities
When you were a kid, did you ever have to do trust falls? It’s a basic teamwork exercise: you let yourself fall backwards into the …
Corner office vs. open space
True leaders aren’t bosses. They’re something much more human than that. A real leader won’t throw themselves into a corner office with a door …
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