Cliche
Although we're still "giving/providing feedback" today, that's just starting to be replaced by its successor: "providing developmental feedback." (Note, again, another example of adding a positive adjective to a negative phrase.) This pattern is more invidious than it seems to be
Persons
When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called "Using Energy" and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill he built powers four lights and two radios in his family
Teaching and Learning
The end of summer... the beginning of classes... and questions from students that keep coming back every year... Q.: I could not be here last class, did I miss anything? A.: from a poem by Tom Wayman: but it was one place And you weren't here
CEO
Spiegel Magazine tries to answer the question.
Resources
Choose between a number of indicators, select which countries you want to show and then see the development over time. Watch this 20-minute presentation from its developer at the TED conference 2007: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=YpKbO6O3O3M] Go to gapminder.org for more information and other databases.
Business Strategy
clipped from www.nytimes.com What’s the semantic difference between adviser and strategist? Hint: In ancient Athens, the strategi were generals elected by the citizenry to defend the city-state. “A strategist is someone who has a plan of battle,” observes Joe Pickett, editor of the American Heritage Dictionary,
Buzzwords
You lose your authenticity when you reach for clichéd phrases, and your choice of jargon reveals your weakness. (Brazen Careerist) Related posts: Fight the bull Buzzword users deserve a whack
Business Communication
can be found here. Related post: Wikis in Plain English
United States of America
An obsessive deference to such fame, and an all-consuming preoccupation with it, has become the defining mark of American culture. (IHT)
CEO
Phil Knight, Steve Jobs, Dee Hock, Sidney Harman and what their libraries reveal about who they are... or how they think. Poetry speaks to many C.E.O.’s. “I used to tell my senior staff to get me poets as managers,” says Sidney Harman, founder of Harman Industries, a
Elevator speech
Vator.tv? The name came from "elevator," as in "elevator pitch," which is used to describe a brief overview of an idea for a product, service, or project. It's typically delivered in the time span of an elevator ride. However, since our site is
Odds and Ends
From the author of the Myron Bolitar novels (one of my favorite form of airport/airplane entertainment) I don’t outline. I usually know the ending before I start. I know very little about what happens in between. It’s like driving from New Jersey to California. I may go