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By Clotaire Rapaille
Rapaille reveals the unconscious motivators behind how we act and what we buy by unearthing the unique culture codes found within each of us.
July 04, 2006
By Carol Evans
Carol Evans encourages working mothers (and fathers) to ask their organizations for what they need to attain a healthy balance between work and family.
By Pip Coburn
Pip Coburn uses his Change Function model to contend that new technology should be inspired by the users' practical needs, not only the technologists' lofty vision. Check out a podcast with Pip here.
By David Maister
David Maister offers advice on how to fight strategic flab and make change happen by encouraging a diet of good habits and short-term goals.
By Chris Ballard
Sports Illustrated columnist Chris Ballard offers an inspiring story of an unusual man who loves an unusual job. This excerpt from Ballard's book, The Butterfly Hunter, is certain to ignite your search to find your true calling.
May 26, 2006
By Bob Sutton
The way business advice is sold today makes it difficult to cull the good from the bad. With refreshing candidness, Bob Sutton shows how to divine diamonds from dust with these guidelines.
By Ulla-Maaria Mutanen
Ulla-Maaria Mutanen explores the increasing popularity of crafting in this celebratory call-to-arms to everyone who enjoys getting their hands dirty once in awhile.
By Joseph Finder
Best selling thriller novelist, Joseph Finder, introduces us to a dynamic (though fictional) sales expert, Jason Steadman, to illustrate key techniques for selling with killer instinct.
By Eric Von Hippel
Who knows the most about a product? The creator or the user? Take, for example, surfboards. There is a whole population of surfers whose everyday focus is to maximize their experience in taking a wave. The best experience is found using the best board. Thus, the experts are the users. Von Hippel shows us that across many industries, information technology especially, users are the best minds to influence change and advancement. User innovation benefits all and in his manifesto, Von Hippel shows us why. This manifesto has been adapted from the first chapter of Democratizing Innovation.
April 26, 2006
By Michael Chaffin
Groceries ordered online and delivered to your home? Sure. Plan an entire trip to the other side of the world with just a few clicks of your mouse? Certainly. Assisted by digital and technological advancements, we can choose to live life on the fast track. But at what cost? Michael Chaffin observes that such transactions have lost all the remarkability that used to come with great customer service. The key to reigniting passion and excellence, he says, is to hire great people and get out of their way!
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