Academics
In the [2007] annual Times Higher-QS World University Rankings, McGill University placed 12th overall—the first time a Canadian university has cracked the top 15 to join Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Yale and others among the dozen best universities in the world. The school also ranked ahead of such prestigious
Odds and Ends
Taken together, the unfunded national commitments, including the national debt, future obligations on entitlement programs, and other commitments such as pensions, that fiscal exposures are $50.5 trillion or $170,000 for every man, woman, and child. The United States fiscal inconvenient truth should feel especially weighty for those in
Executive Compensation
The havoc on Wall Street following the collapse of the subprime-mortgage market boils down to a simple truth: for years, lots of very smart people took lots of very foolish risks, betting borrowed billions on dubious mortgage derivatives, and eventually the odds caught up with them.But behind that
Portfolio
The Design Trade Sharilyn Horne business Concepts * 1: Karen Boan blogfolio
Persons
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA930U2ruGk] (thanks Rowan)
Bill Gates
Here is a good analysis about PowerPoint v. Zen: Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic
presentation
[E]xactly 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each. That's it. Say what you need to say in six minutes and 40 seconds of exquisitely matched words and images and then sit the hell down.The result, in the hands of masters of the form, combines business meeting
Comic relief
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpjrHzgSRM] Related posts: PowerPoint creators: Tufte is right, but… Presentations and that creature called PowerPoint Words and visuals: Why are you there? How do you set people on fire?
Ling- English
Here are just a few: How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?You are shrunk to the height of a nickel and your mass is proportionally reduced so as to maintain your original density. You are then thrown into an empty glass blender. The blades will start
Social capital
I do a lot of favors for people, because I believe in “palm up” networking, which is networking to give and not to get. I figure the universe has a perfect accounting system. If I do favors for others, someone will do favors for me. It works. (Networking Tips from
leadership
In a rare appearance together on the same stage at the same time, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussed each other's contributions to the technology industry.Bill Gates and Steve Jobs discussed each other's contributions to the technology industry. All Things Digital hosted the event and
Nonverbal
The meaning of the gesture is clear whether it’s with one upturned palm, the “Brother, can you spare a dime” stance of beggars around the world, or with the two-palm version favored by preachers who reach out to beseech divine assistance. Or by exasperated Hollywood directors who rise