Business
It’s OK - We’re Good Pirates
What?
According to Karen Croxson, digital piracy may help companies. As a new-media minded person working in a traditionally old-media world I am a little conflicted here. I am coming around to Chris Anderson’s Free mantra, and I absolutely believe my industry had better move a hell of a lot faster to adapt to [...]
My Corporate New Year Resolutions - 2008
The new year is always a time for resolutions - loose weight, exercise more. I make those too, but this year I thought I would make a separate set of resolutions for my business life. So, in 2008 I commit to the following changes:
Be nicer. I often come across as abrasive. It’s something I am [...]
Do You Have a Miserable Job?
I recently began reading Patrick Lencioni’s books on management (published by our Jossey Bass imprint.) If you are not familiar with his books I encourage you to take a look at them as I am finding that they among the best business books I have ever read. His most recent title The 3 [...]
Pressing the Flesh in the Web World
Earlier this week, Web Worker Daily’s Mike Gunderloy posted a reaction to an Information Week blog posting from Andrew Conry-Murray titled “Meat Space Still Matters in a Web 2.0 World.” In the article, Murray argues that despite all the innovation occurring in the “web 2.0″ space - tools that make it easier for people [...]
Not Now Buddy, Daddy’s Negotiating Your Starting Salary
Are you kidding me? I had absolutely no idea this was happening, but according to this Boston Business Journal report (via Kent Blumberg) there are actually parents who call the HR departments of companies where their child is interviewing to pitch their kid!
According to nearly 25 percent of the 750 employers responding to [...]
