What’s your social score?
Late last year, Business Week talked about an experiment at Google to rank users of social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter based on connectedness, frequency of communication and...
View ArticlePicking up the slack
Erik Brynjolfsson, a knowledge economist at The Center for Digital Business at MIT, studies the ways that information technology changes knowledge worker productivity. Erik and his team used new...
View ArticleDoctor, I’m losing my voice
More of us are losing our voices when we go to the doctor, it seems. No, it’s not laryngitis, but it does seem to be contagious. Apparently the practice of getting patients to sign waiver forms to...
View ArticleAdvice for new parents
It’s been almost 8 years since I first wrote this information down for a friend who was expecting a baby. I thought it would be interesting to air it again here. Ten pieces of advice for first time...
View ArticleSuccessful leadership during uncertain times
Current economic conditions are exascerbating the difficulty of already daunting leadership challenges. We are already struggling with change as the structure of organisations shifts to a more open...
View ArticleAre you over-stimulated?
I just heard another ad from a car dealership offering a “stimulus package” for their 09 model cars and all the hair on the back of my neck went up. Am I the only one that thinks this term is being...
View ArticleWhat in the world are you talking about?
We’ve been given an incredible gift. Possibly the greatest gift any group of people have ever been given. Millions have died and millions more have suffered to preserve and defend this gift. And the...
View ArticleAnother crappy day in paradise
Another massive round of TGIF messages hit the ‘Net today on Facebook and Twitter and, once again, they raised the hair on the back of my neck. I know it’s natural to celebrate the end of the...
View ArticleA good offense is the best defense
I had a great session with a wonderful executive coach the other day. He asked some thought-provoking questions that helped us put things in perspective. One of the interesting exercises was to think...
View ArticleThe importance of passion
There’s an interesting poll on LinkedIn this week that asks what people think is the most important trait a person needs to succeed in their first job. Looking at well over 5000 responses to the poll,...
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