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Toxic People In The Workplace
A Toxic Paradox My favorite part of this brilliant essay is that he goes someplace positive and surprising. Twist! (Via Rands In Repose.)
Iran Election Crisis: 10 Incredible YouTube Videos
Iran Election Crisis: 10 Incredible YouTube Videos Videos #8 and #9, just break your heart. Via Mashable
Iranian Riot Policeman Captured by Protestors – Youtube
From the anonymous server hosted by the folks at Pirate Bay. Turns out as best as you can hope: Riot cop stops beating people and is given a bottle of water. Via iran.whyweprotest.net
The planning fallacy
The planning fallacy: “ We blame bureaucracy for being wasteful and taking too long when things like the Denver International Airport or Boston’s Big Dig arrive years overdue and billions over budget. But it’s not just huge organizations and the government that mess up planning. Everyone does. It’s the ‘planning fallacy.’ We think we can [...]
Werewolves
A List Apart: Articles: Managing Werewolves Project Management and Workflow: If I move a muscle, I’m dead. Jane, who I’m pretty sure is a Werewolf, is jumping from one player to the next, testing will and looking for weakness. She’s looking for a sign of guilt or discomfort and it’s not just her. The room [...]
The Decline of The Conservative Intellectual
The Decline of The Conservative Intellectual: “Richard Posner has a fascinating read: My theme is the intellectual decline of conservatism, and it is notable that the policies of the new conservatism are powered largely by emotion and religion and have for the most part weak intellectual groundings. That the policies are weak in conception, have [...]
Quote for the day – Topic: Failing Cheaply
Ian MacMillan, Wharton professor of innovation and entrepreneurship, and Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, believe It’s not failure that companies need to avoid, but rather “failing expensively”.
The White House Gets A MySpace Page
The White House Gets A MySpace Page To Show Off Obama’s Hoop Skills: ” The White House finally got around to setting up a MySpace page. It is spare and tasteful and doesn’t say MySpace anywhere on the page, unlike the White House page on Facebook which is clearly a Facebook page. The page is [...]
The Most Easily Referred Companies are Naturally Social
The Most Easily Referred Companies are Naturally Social: “ This content from: Duct Tape Marketing The Most Easily Referred Companies are Naturally Social One benefit that may not get accurately measured in the world of social media is that companies that are very social are easier to refer. I’ve theorized in the past posts that [...]
Remote Workers
The Pond: “ ‘Can I work remote?’ I cringe. It’s Ian and Ian is a senior engineer. He’s a rock. He gets it done. I never have to ask him twice and, after six years, Ian has every right to ask to work remote. But I’m still freaked because my first thought when anyone asks [...]
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