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How Confusion Ends Up Helping People Learn
We all know that confusion doesn't feel good. Because it seems like an obstacle to learning, we try to arrange educational experiences and training sessions so that learners will encounter as little...
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Enter The Hidden Test Kitchen Where McDonald's Comes Up With New Menu Items
We visited McDonald's global headquarters in Oak Brook, Il., and the company gave us a peek inside its test kitchen.Tucked within the walls of the Campus Office Building, the Culinary Center seems to...
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How To Use Behavioral Economics To Lose Weight
At the end of the day, business is all about incentives and thinking about the way people act. Understanding what motivates people is the basis for a huge field of research, behavioral economics —...
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There Are 3 Obstacles That Kill Off Great Ideas
Obstacle 1: CompetitionProbably the most common question I get about this blog is “how do you find time to write it?”It’s the same question that I used to get about reading – where do I find time to...
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Fixing Awful Meetings Is The Best Way To Increase Productivity
Every manager wants to boost productivity. We invest billions in new machinery and software every year, not to mention a vast array of consultants, management books and other tools designed to...
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Wal-Mart's Problems Run Deeper Than Those Leaked Emails (WMT)
Internal emails leaked to Bloomberg News have shown that Wal-Mart executives are worried about a rise in payroll taxes and a delay in tax returns.But these aren't the only major issues that Wal-Mart...
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Why Your Business Plans End Up Failing
When you don’t act with purpose you end up doing something stupid.Most horrific outcomes have little to do with what you actually did. Sure, it’s true that for every action there is a deserved result....
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Cofounders Married For 20 Years Advise Other Couples: 'Don't Try This At Home'
Carley Roney and David Liu have been married for 20 years and in business together for 18.They co-founded XO Group, formerly known as The Knot, in 1996. It's now a publicly traded company. Liu says 80%...
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The 7 Best Tech Companies For Interns
If you want to work for one of the big tech giants, it helps if you start as an intern.Which tech companies treat their lowest-level people best?Job review and career site Glassdoor assembled a list of...
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At Apple, Everybody's Working For (And On) The Weekend (AAPL)
Don Melton, a former director of Internet technologies at Apple, has taken up blogging, and along the way he's revealing fascinating glimpses of the work culture of the secretive company.Work bleeds...
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18 Ways Your Office Job Is Destroying Your Body
If you're used to the hours of sedentary, stressful working conditions that come with your office job, you may want to know that this kind of working environment is killing you a lot faster than you...
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How To Make A Successful Presentation To The Budget Committee
When you need financing for your ideas, convincing investors that your pitch is worth their time and money is essential.The first thing you need to do is make sure you can demonstrate that whoever...
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Why Redesigning Your Workplace Could Improve Your Bottom Line
Imagine the traditional office setup. Now un-imagine it, because the workplace of the future won't look anything like the offices and cubicles we're used to seeing.When office-furniture company...
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Talking Through Big Problems Can Save A Business Millions
It all started with an email.Around 7 p.m. on a Thursday evening, the CEO of one of my companies sent me an email asking me to take a look at some correspondence he had received from one of our largest...
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Novartis Had Spectacularly Bad Timing With This $78 Million 'Golden Handcuff'...
Daniel Vasella is one of the most important people in the history of Swiss drug giant Novartis. He led the merger between that created the company in 1996, was CEO until 2010, and has been chairman...
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The Best Bosses Don't Have To Work On The Weekends
An incredible work ethic is something many expect from executives, especially young ambitious ones. They tend to wake up early and barely sleep. It's a signal of dedication that might seem good, but...
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Richard Branson Pledges To Give Half Of His Billions To Charity
Sir Richard Branson is one of the latest batch of billionaires to pledge to donate at least half their wealth to philanthropic causes.Twelve new signatories have added their names to the Giving Pledge...
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Sloppy Thinking About Corporate Culture Keeps It From Changing
Organizational culture: obsessed over, misunderstood, oversimplified, and scapegoated.“We need to change our culture”, “That place has such a toxic culture”, “Our culture wouldn’t allow for that” “The...
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How Danny Meyer Built His Global Restaurant Empire
Danny Meyer has built one of the most successful and respected restaurant groups in the world. The New York Timescalls him "the greatest restaurateur Manhattan has ever seen." His Union Square...
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HACKERS ATTACK: Apple, Burger King, Jeep, NYT … Who's Next???
We're less than two months into 2013, and one thing is clear: hacking is a day to day part of our reality now.Sometimes the attacks are small and simple.On Monday, Burger King's Twitter account was...
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