business ethics
The one-sentence ethics code
"I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do." As good for a West Point cadet as for any college student or business person.
Richard Brisebois
presentation
Show visuals that support what you are saying
The expression "Death by Powerpoint" often refers to this: slides showing the words that the presenter is saying. These creative advertisements (and part 2) will help you think differently about the use of visuals.
Academics
Euro article published
Cuadernos Latinoamericanos de Administración of Universidad del Bosque in Colombia have published a short article by my colleague John Yelvington and I on the volatility of the Euro. The article is in English.
Teaching and Learning
Ackoff wants to turn learning right side up
For too long, we have educated people for a world that no longer exists, extinguishing their creativity and instilling values antithetical to those of a free, 21st century democracy. The principal objective of education as currently provided is to ensure the maintenance and preservation of the status quo—to produce
management
Management provocations
at the Management Lab's conference on "Inventing the Future of Management": * Tim Brown, IDEO: Creative people aren’t interested in management. * Hal Varian, Google: ‘Statistician’ is the sexy job of the 21st century. * Henry Mitzberg, McGill: We are not living in time of great change. Companies
EME
Now that I have trained them, will they stay?
After an intensive four-week training period that compensates new employees with their full salary, Zappos presents the freshly trained group with something called The Offer: “If you quit today, we will pay you for the amount of time you’ve worked, plus we will offer you a $1,000
Management guru
Biz best sellers hazardous to health
From Fast company: The answer is that, sadly, none of them do. When managers buy those books in bulk for their employees, there may be some well-intentioned hope that the books will provide a useful framework for solving problems. But the real utility of 7 Habits and 12 Disciplines
EME
Shut down your computer for a day
I have my Business communication students give up one means of electronic communication for five days. The assignment consists in writing down what they think will happen, keeping a journal for the duration, and writing an account of lessons learned. In the last few classes, most students chose to do
Conversation
Questions and their purpose
Each communicative act should have a purpose. In interviews, in meetings or in everyday conversation, what is the purpose of the questions you ask? Here are some questions and their corresponding purposes: Are you willing to…? Tests someone’s limits. Can you give me…? Encourages examples and specifics. Can you
Bill Gates
Wall Street Journal most influential business thinkers
Two professors, two journalists and a CEO make up the top five of the list.
Comic relief
How to tackle office productivity
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PowerPoint
Reading from powerpoint slides is a heinous crime
POINT TWO: READING from SLIDES is a heinous crime. POINT THREE: PEOPLE cannot COPE without some kind of visual STIMULATION. Presenting the abstract pointillist powerpoint toolkit. 20 slides that can be used for any presentation. Cut, paste, copy, crop the slides to create an abstract of your ideas that you