If the Galactic Empire had avoided these leadership mistakes, perhaps we wouldn’t have had to endure the Star Wars prequels…Not sure that’s logical, but here are five leadership mistakes identified by Forbes magazine that the Empire committed, and some suggestions on how the mistakes could have been avoided. (more…)
Remember the 1971 ad with the American Indian shedding a tear after witnessing the results of littering and pollution? You’d never guess, but that ad was funded by beverage makers like Anheuser-Busch, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola. Why? Because in the 1960’s these businesses were trying to shift away from reusable containers like glass soda bottles to single-use containers like aluminum cans and plastic bottles. (more…)
I didn’t plan on watching the whole talk by Economist Michael Hudson but, as an old MBA student, I couldn’t let go. (more…)
A fictitious letter of resignation makes the point that if employers demand access to the Facebook accounts of employees or interviewees, the employers become vulnerable to all kinds of anti-discrimination lawsuits:
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Totally brilliant! Point after point after point, I was enthralled by Napolitano’s rant. Thanks Judge! Fox Business Network Cancels Judge Andrew Napolitano’s Freedom Watch – Hit & Run : Reason Magazine.
“I don’t f***ing want innovation…You’re not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.”
~ Zynga CEO Mark Pincus
REALLY good (though not cheap) idea for teaching business to a child.
After a brief, failed experiment paying me to do chores, my dad tried something really neat. It clearly took a bit of legwork, but maybe there are some transferrable lessons for parents who want to lay an entrepreneurial foundation.
He gave me a vending machine.
He rented the machine, found a location in a local workshop, and installed it. And then he told me two things.
1) That this would be the last time I was given allowance.
2) And that if I wanted to have any pocketmoney next week, I’d better spend this week’s on some inventory.
via My dad taught me cashflow with a soda machine – The Startup Toolkit Blog.
I heard a Middle Eastern security consultant talk about labor and technology, and he declared that his view on the relationship between labor and technology was completely the opposite of that of his American colleagues.