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
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
EME
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
Ling- English
From long practice he could scribble legibly and inconspicuously. After accumulating a hundred of two hundred of these notes, he would seat himself at his desk, cover the floor around him with the slips of paper, and start writing. When his invention lagged, he would lean over and pick up
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
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
Ling- English
Most creativity is a combination of instinct and practice. I'm always suspicious of anybody who has some kind of succinct advice to give, because I think it's different in all cases. Ernie Bushmiller, who did [the comic strip] Nancy, he's famous inside the syndicated-
Business Basics
“Innovation is tied to time and place” "Innovation is hard to define, but when we see it, we recognize it." “The vast majority of innovation occurs where opportunity meets preparation." "One recipe for innovation involves blending two different things that come together to create a third
Ling- English
I describe the MBA in the book as a degree from 1908 with a 1950s strategy. Because the degree was created in 1908 and business schools have had no new degree since 1908 and the strategy was set up based on a couple of reports in the 1950s which made
Ling- English
So here we are in the era of Word's red-underline "wrong spelling, dumb ass" feature and Outlook's Always Check Spelling Before Sending option, and still the mistakes proliferate. Catching typos is easy (although not everyone does it). It's the other stuff
Ling- English
Daniel Craig has not stopped that franchise from letting him secure a slew of other roles to take on in between his adventures as 007. The actor currently has two pretty big films (The Invasion, The Golden Compass) coming out later this year, and is now in talks to star
International and Cross-cultural
When he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, Yunus said that Grameen Bank had lent nearly $6 billion over the last 30 years in loans that average $130 each. A key stipulation of the program is that its loans must be for income-producing activities, not consumption. But,