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The Darkest Predictions For The Robot Economy Put Future Unemployment At...
The Associated Press, via the Washington Post, has a 3-part series on one of the biggest questions business and society will face in coming years.Are we prepared for a world where 50 to 75 percent of...
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The 10 Best Business Schools For Getting Rich
The Financial Times is out with its latest rankings of the world's business schools, with Harvard taking the top spot from Stanford.As always, these rankings are somewhat idiosyncratic, Bloomberg...
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After 10 Months, A Boatload Of Press, And A CEO's Departure, Apparel Startup...
When Quincy launched last spring, it held a splashy Cupcakes and Champagne party at the Tribeca Grand Hotel with Uber car service home for members of the press.It was founded by two 20-something...
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Why The Best Leaders Are Also Great Actors
Good leaders possess a wide variety of skills. Great leaders have at least one additional skill: A flair for the dramatic.Here's a cool story ex-NASCAR driver Rick Mast told me about Dale Earnhardt,...
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Sometimes You Need To Stop Pleasing People And Just Get Your Work Done
You have a bigger audience than you had just a few years ago.You have more people reading your updates, and wanting to hear something new.Standing on this virtual stage, you want to be entertaining,...
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The Most Successful People Are Extremely Hard On Themselves
When we fail or run into obstacles, our first response, according to research from Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Chris Argyris, is a process called "single loop learning" in which we look...
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Departing CEO In Mega-Merger Has Real Doubts About How The New Company Will...
The proposed $77 billion merger between miner Xstrata and commodities trading giant Glencore has been plagued with difficultiesFirst announced almost a year ago, the merger was almost derailed by...
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Renault-Nissan CEO: The Electric Car Revolution Is Happening
In an interview with Liz Claman at Fox Business, Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said the moment of the electric car is here."It is a revolution," he said.Despite the fact that the Leaf fell way short...
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4 Ways To Identify Leaders In Potential Hires
It costs companies a lot of money to search, hire and train new employees, so you want to make sure you hire the right person the first time. One way to help ensure success when you’re scouting for...
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The Phrase 'Work Smarter, Not Harder' Needs To Die
I hereby announce the formation of an international campaign to eliminate all future uses of the phrase, "Work smarter, not harder." It's a mission I'm undertaking with some regret, since the idea...
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The Barriers To Becoming An Author And Entrepreneur Are Lower Than Ever
The digital age makes it possible to create something, market it and sell it entirely on your own, which means it’s a lot easier to be an entrepreneur than ever before.In his new book APE: Author,...
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Forget The Numbers—Yahoo's Turnaround Is About People, Marissa Mayer Says (YHOO)
Most CEOs start earnings calls by crowing about numbers.Marissa Mayer is doing things at Yahoo very differently.Her first topic of conversation in a call with Wall Street analysts about its...
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19 Awesome Jobs That Pay $80K Or More
It's been 26 years since Gordon Gekko of Wall Street pronounced greed is good. We won't take it that far.What we would say, however, is that paying your bills on time is excellent. Saving some money...
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How Peer Pressure Stops Freeloaders On Team Projects
According to a variety of studies, when people are paid according their team's output instead of individual incentives, there are significant issues with free-riding. If it's difficult for others to...
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More Proof That Money Can't Buy Happiness
People with shopping addictions love it mostly for the "high" it brings. They falsely believe the high will last, and their happiness levels inevitably return to a baseline level, continuing a vicious...
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Managers Have An Even Bigger Effect On Productivity Than We Realized
When workers perform well at their jobs, a lot of it may have to do with the guidance and mentorships or their managers. To see how much an individual's success is affected by their direct managers,...
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Why A Civilian Drone Company Is Outsourcing to Mexico
Chris Anderson, the former editor of Wired and current 3D printing cheerleader, has an intriguing piece in the New York Times (Mexico: The New China, Jan 27). it deals with his experience running 3D...
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Study Reveals That Economics Majors Are More Likely To Lie
When a friend sent me this paper the other day, I admit that I took a long hard look at myself and my economist friends. According to this study, economists, it seems, are worse than most when it comes...
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Chipotle's Brand Is Entering New Territory For Restaurants
Chipotle is transcending fast food to become a lifestyle brand. In an attempt to combat competitors like Qdoba and Taco Bell, the burrito chain is selling organic cotton sweatshirts, sponsoring...
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How To Find A Hidden Job Before Someone Else Does
The "hidden job market" is one of the biggest of buzz phrases for job seekers.Many experts argue that up to 80 percent of the available jobs are hidden, although absolute documentation is hard to come...
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