Morning Advantage: Is Apple Too Focused on Profits?
Writing in the MIT Technology Review, Dan Lyons accuses Apple of milking profits at the expense of investing in innovation. First, he points out that iPhone sales have not kept pace with the...
View ArticleReport: 15 Percent Of Social Media Ratings, Reviews, Facebook Likes May Be...
As more consumers rely on social networks for recommendations and reviews, more and more of that content, including likes on Facebook, is being paid for by brands, with a report from research firm...
View ArticleSocial Pressure Is a Better Motivator Than Money
Upton Sinclair once wrote, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends upon him not understanding it.” If your business objectives aren’t linked to employee...
View ArticleCompanies that Invest in Sustainability Do Better Financially
It’s a common misperception that responsible or sustainable investments are all in the hug yourself, warm feeling, good intention category, the inevitable consequence of which is diminished investment...
View ArticleThe Military’s New Challenge: Knowing What They Know
For soldiers in the field, immediate access to — and accurate interpretation of — real-time imagery and intelligence gathered by drones, satellites, or ground-based sensors can be a matter of life and...
View ArticleKnow Which Strategy Style Is Right for Your Organization
Companies that correctly match their strategy-making processes to the competitive circumstances of their industry, business function, or geographic markets perform better than those that don’t. But,...
View ArticleHunting for Elephants in India with Water Pistols
When you turn entrepreneur in India, you soon feel like the storybook character who wants to lead a simple life in a village. But he finds a mouse in his room one day, and has to get a cat to catch...
View ArticleMind the (Skills) Gap
A bachelor’s degree used to provide enough basic training to last a career. Yet today, the skills college graduates acquire during college have an expected shelf life of only five years according to...
View ArticleBig Companies Can Unleash Innovation, Rather than Shackle It
In today’s world, start-ups aren’t the only ones who can innovate. As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation, large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever...
View ArticleWhen to Leave Your Company to Advance Your Career
If you sift through recent employment figures in the United States, you’ll find an intriguing trend: a steady uptick in the number of people leaving their jobs to go to work with new companies. For...
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