Teaching and Learning
Diploma Mill Concerns Extend Beyond Fraud [Free registration may be required] Bill to crack down on diploma mills stalls Brainstorm: Diploma Mills Psst. Wanna Buy a Ph.D.? Institution Accreditation Avoid Fake-Degree Burns By Researching Academic Credentials (thanks)
Elevator speech
at Techcrunch.
Business Strategy
One of football/soccer's renowned strategist kept detailed accounts of his opponents' strengths and weaknesses, but he also kept his eyes on the game's essentials: "The ball is round" and "The game lasts 90 minutes". Not unlike "What is our
Teaching and Learning
We are also HOW we read. It is often said that the Net is the new printing press. It also produces in the "reader" something new. [T]he style of reading promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening
EME
One study (...) found that workers took an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their original task. Estimated cost to the U.S. economy from loss of productivity: $650 billion annually. [W]e are really talking about
business ethics
"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.
presentation
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
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
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
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
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
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