Nobody Should go to Bed With a Hungry Stomach 07-10
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Has Ambitious Goals for the United NationsUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shares his ambitious goals and hopes for his legacy. Some of our favorite excerpts: "Our vision...
View ArticleGoogle CEO: Is the 40-Hour Workweek Really Necessary?
Google CEO: Is the 40-Hour Workweek Really Necessary?"I totally believe we should be living in a time of abundance," said Google CEO Larry Page. "If you really think about the things that you need to...
View ArticleEverybody has a plan until they get punched in the face 07-12
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”-Mike Tyson.I think Iron Mike clearly nailed it when he said those eleven words. They...
View ArticleYour Business Doesn’t Always Need to Change 07-13
Your Business Doesn’t Always Need to ChangeEvolve or die. If it ain’t broke, break it. If you don’t like change, you are going to like obsolescence even less.By now, the idea that organizations must...
View Article3 Secrets Behind Turning a Great Idea Into a Big Business 07-13
3 Secrets Behind Turning a Great Idea Into a Big Business How do you take a great idea and turn it into a big company? The answer to that question is likely on the minds of most early-stage...
View ArticleMoney doesn’t always give the best incentive 07-13
Money doesn’t always give the best incentiveJENNIFER PAGLIARO / TORONTO STAR A Bike to Work participant parks a bicycle at City Hall during an annual ride and rally on May 26, 2014.Many employers...
View ArticleInspire the Innovation Monster Within 07-13
Inspire the Innovation Monster WithinFostering your creative juices takes the same focus and hard work as anything else. Creativity isn’t a birthright, but rather a learning process that can be...
View ArticleThe Best Business Book I’ve Ever Read 07-13
The Best Business Book I’ve Ever ReadNot long after I first met Warren Buffett back in 1991, I asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. He didn’t miss a beat: “It’s Business Adventures,...
View ArticleHow Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools 07-13
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American SchoolsThe declining competitiveness of the United States in world markets is due in part to the country's stagnant education system. Yet partnerships...
View ArticleHas ‘Disruptive Innovation’ Run Its Course? Not Yet…07-13
Has ‘Disruptive Innovation’ Run Its Course? Not Yet…Eonomic theories emanating from business schools do not usually draw 6,000-word takedowns in the popular press. But then, few ideas have permeated...
View ArticleThe Secret of Self-Regulated Learning 07-13
The Secret of Self-Regulated LearningSelf-regulated learning is like your own little secret. It stirs from within you, and is the voice in your head that asks you questions about your learning.More...
View Article4 Steps For Piercing Through the fog of Nascent Idea 07-13
4 Steps For Piercing Through the fog of Nascent IdeaHistory is littered with smart people making horribly wrong calls about nascent markets. In the 1940s, IBM’s Thomas Watson (supposedly) said there...
View ArticleDesigning Developmentally Appropriate Writing Assignments 07-13
Designing Developmentally Appropriate Writing AssignmentsOften the articles highlighted in The Teaching Professor newsletter are examples of pedagogical scholarship that could beneficially be done in...
View Articleश्रद्धांजलि हुल्लड़ मुरादाबादी 07-13
श्रद्धांजलि हुल्लड़ मुरादाबादी ओह! हुल्लड़ जी गए।सहज हास्य के ऐसे रचनाकार जल्दी जन्म नहीं लेते।मैंने उनके साथ कम से कम हज़ार कविसम्मेलनों में तो भाग लिया ही होगा। यादें रह रह कर घुमड़ रही हैं। आंखें नम...
View ArticleIs Your Company Doing Training Wrong? 07-20
Is Your Company Doing Training Wrong?With the better part of two decades of training and development under my belt, I've learned a few things about it. For instance, I know that:The goal of training...
View ArticleGlobal Nomads: Key Players for Global Growth 07-20
Global Nomads: Key Players for Global GrowthStatistics show that companies are becoming more selective about whom they send abroad and where they send them. At the same time, more international...
View ArticleWorld's Most Powerful Countries: Where Do India Stands? 07-20
World's Most Powerful Countries: Where Do India Stands?BANGALORE: Every country in the world strives towards development mainly to get the powerful status. Economy, technology, military capability,...
View ArticleCan Creativity Be Learned? 07-22
Can Creativity Be Learned?Prevailing theories on creativity focus on methodology, or amount of practice. But new studies suggest artistic talent may be more hard-wired than we thought.Dr. Frankenstein...
View Article5 Scientifically Backed Ways to Seem More Powerful 07-22
5 Scientifically Backed Ways to Seem More PowerfulMail clerk? Administrative assistant? Make the honchos look at you in a whole new light. Here’s how social scientists say you can make people think...
View Article80 terabytes of archived web crawl data available for research 07-22
80 terabytes of archived web crawl data available for researchInternet Archive crawls and saves web pages and makes them available for viewing through the Wayback Machine because we believe in the...
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