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Dan Bobinski | 03 May 2012

Before you wing it, count the costs

The biggest mistakes in business are usually made when leaders react instead of act. Unfortunately, some entrepreneurs simply try to "wing it" 24/7, and although they may be getting by, they usually aren't thriving.
Janet Howd | 11 Apr 2012

By their words you shall know them

The overuse of acronyms and capital letters does nothing to make our written or spoken language clearer or easier to understand. Only fully-formed phrases make our language easily digestible.
Emma Murray | 07 Mar 2012

Recession rage

It might be argued that the recession has had more of an impact on New York than any other city on earth. Which might explain why the way New Yorkers relate to each other has become downright ugly.
Bob Selden | 14 Mar 2012

Are you a viral manager?

Why does something "go viral" – and what has this got to do with management? The answer has to do with content, intent and emotional impact, all things that have a profound effect on the way we communicate and the way we engender change in the workplace.
David Livermore | 08 May 2012

International growth and cultural intelligence

The economic downturn is spurring companies to become more international, not less. And this makes their team's cultural intelligence (CQ) all the more important.
Peter Vajda | 14 May 2012

The relationship web

Whether we are aware of it or not, our lives are giant webs of inter-connectivity. How many people do you interact with every day? And how many of these do you see as being real people to be seen, acknowledged, appreciated and valued?
Wayne Turmel | 14 May 2012

Happy Defender of the Motherland Day

If you ever need to be reminded of the fact we live in a multicultural world and function on a calendar other than the one your fathers and mothers used, just try arranging meetings in the merry, holiday-strewn month of May.
Max McKeown | 12 Mar 2012

All failure is failure to adapt

The end seems nigh for ailing UK-based computer game retailer, Game. And as Max McKeown observes, the company's demise goes to prove that all success is successful adaptation, while all failure is failure to adapt.
Jurgen Wolff | 19 Apr 2012

April brainstorm

This month, in praise of the "old school" way of doing things, why washing your hands matters, when to give up and why sometimes, a limitation can be an advantage.
Andy Hanselman | 15 Dec 2011

Seven characteristics of remarkable businesses

Is your business remarkable? But what does that actually mean? What makes a business remarkable? In simple terms, you could say it's anything that gets people talking about it. And that means being dramatically and demonstrably different from your competitors.
Bill Fischer | 07 Oct 2011

China's long march to innovation success

China's journey from a seriously poor, insular, economy to the "shop floor of the world" took a little more than two decades. Today, it appears poised to evolve into becoming a leading global innovator. But can China actually make this next great leap forward?
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