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The MFA is the New MBA | HBR IdeaCast: Companies like GM increasingly value right-brain creative thinking. In this podcast, Katherine Bell explains that creative training also teaches skills that directly transfer to management: how to take criticism, what motivates people, how to engage your audience, and when to let go of good ideas. Featured Guests: HarvardBusiness.org Senior...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, New MBA, MfA, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Why Where You Live Is More Important Than Ever | Useful Commute Podcast: More than 40 million Americans move each year. In this podcast, Richard Florida, bestselling author of "Who's Your City?," explains how our choice of living location affects our jobs and career success, as well as the people we meet and marry. He discusses what cities are best for recent college...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, City?; Blog posts 2008-05-05
Solving Problems with Pictures | Useful Commute Podcast: Learn how to use visual thinking to sell an idea or work out a complicated concept. In this podcast, Dan Roam, a management consultant and author of "The Back of the Napkin," explains how simple drawingsÂ -- or doodles -- can communicate better than complex presentations -- and you don't have...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Grooming Top Performers | HBR IdeaCast: After surveying 1,000 top analysts, Harvard's Boris Groysberg discovered that employees don't become stars based solely on their individual abilities. Rather, it's the corporate culture and support of colleagues that make employees stars. In this podcast, Groysberg debunks several myths to tell managers how they can nurture these star employees...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, Boris Groysberg, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Should Managers Have a Green Hippocratic Oath? | HBR IdeaCast: Businesses and managers must adopt a "First, do no harm" approach to their impact on society and the environment, according to Harvard Business School professor Rakesh Khurana. In this podcast, he calls on managers to cast aside the current "learn, earn, then give" model and to integrate a social and...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, Rakesh Khurana, MANAGERS HAVE, HBR IdeaCast; Blog posts 2008-04-18

Negotiation Strategies in a Downturn | HBR IdeaCast: When there are fewer deals to be had, there's more pressure on the deals that do go through to bring the value they promise. In this podcast, Mark Gordon talks about how managers can share risk and increase the chances of the deal's success. Featured Guest: Mark...; Tags: Podcasts, Free trade, BNET staff, HBR IdeaCast, negotiation; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Interview: The Specialized Enterprise and Component Business Model (CBM): In this podcast, IBM business experts discuss how companies can break through performance bottlenecks--boosting productivity and value--using the Component Business Model CBM methodology. Hear how IBM expertise can help you unlock the power of your organization.; Tags: Podcasts, podcast, IBM Corp., performance; Webcasts
Podcast: Making It Easy For Clients To Buy: Any industry-wide benchmark in customer service creates an opportunity for companies to differentiate themselves or to settle in. Mediocre companies settle in, and the best companies improve upon that standard. Listen in as Warren reveals how market share is won each and everyday on a little battlefield known as "convenience."; Tags: Podcasts, podcast, customer service, industry; Webcasts
Podcast: 11 Things Every Client Wants: With the proliferation of consumer choices and companies cutting their prices each and every day, buying has become increasingly complex. Who do you buy from? The first one who asks? The cheapest? The one that rises to the top of the search engines? In this episode, Warren Greshes gives you...; Tags: Benefits, podcast, benefit, search engine; Webcasts
Podcast: Accessing data over the Web with crystalreports.com: Check out this 20-minute podcast from Business Objects to learn how crystalreports.com lets companies of any size share their reports, dashboards, and business documents—instantly, simply, and securely—both over the Web and through company firewalls.; Tags: Podcasts, Channel management, Business Objects, podcast, dashboard, Web; Download resources
SCORE Advice Helps Moms Start And Grow Their Home-Based Businesses: When Vivian Frankel was organizing a conference to help other stay-at-home mothers establish and grow their own home-based businesses, she made sure that counselor Jerry Earle of Los Angeles SCORE was on the agenda. Vivian called on Earle SCORE counselor for help in morphing her conference concept into a website...; Tags: Entrepreneurship, Web site development, entrepreneurial, business planning, conference, podcast, Web site, financial, network, Web; Case studies
Intel Technology Moment podcast: Mobility: Learn more about Intel Centrino Pro technology with Mike Agerbo of "Get Connected TV" and how this technology will help you to stay connected and productive.; Tags: Intel Corp., mobility, podcast, TV; Download resources
How Social Media Enables Business | Useful Commute Podcast: In this podcast, social media expert and LinkedIn community evangelist Mario Sundar discussesÂ what sites are getting the most buzz and how companies can use socialÂ networking sites -- such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter -- to connect withÂ their customer base. For more ways companies can use social networking:...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, social networking, social media; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Women and the Power of Negotiation | Useful Commute Podcast: Research confirms that women are reluctant to negotiate -- at work and at home -- and continually underestimate their value. In this podcast, "Ask For It" coauthor Sarah Laschever explains how women can maximize their bargaining power and ask for their fair share of raises, promotions and perks. ...; Tags: Gender and diversity, Podcasts, BNET staff, women, negotiation; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Reverse Engineering Google's Innovation Machine | HBR IdeaCast: "Fast is better than slow," Google proclaims in its corporate philosophy, and Babson professor Tom Davenport asserts that more companies can, and should, borrow from this and other elements of Google's innovative approach to business. In this podcast, Davenport describes how Google uses chaos to quickly move from prototype to...; Tags: Podcasts, BNET staff, Google Inc., Tom Davenport, HBR IdeaCast, reverse engineering; Blog posts 2008-04-18
Time to Ditch the Annual Report?: It's probably too late for this cycle, but if you're still doing a printed Annual Report, it's time to stop. The Internet has rendered them all but obsolete, as Daniel Gross reports in Slate. I do know one vital investing constituency that still values them, however: non-Internet-enabled...; Tags: Jon Greer, Annual Report; Blog posts 2008-04-24
Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life | HBR IdeaCast: When it comes to work life, Stewart Friedman says, "Balance is the wrong metaphor because it implies trade-offs." To bring more passion to their work, managers need to integrate work, home, community, and self. Friedman discusses how to truly integrate those elements through introspection, discussion, and experimentation. ...; Tags: BNET staff, leader, Stewart Friedman, HBR IdeaCast, Friedman; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Secrets to Successful Viral Marketing | Useful Commute Podcast: With viral marketing, you spend nothing and let your fans do the work for you. In this podcast, online marketing expert David Meerman Scott explains how to use the Internet to spread your ideas virally and get greater impact than you would from traditional advertisements. For more...; Tags: Podcasts, Marketing research, BNET staff, Viral Marketing, marketing; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Useful Commute: Remake Your Company Fast: In the business world, adapting to change is critical to survival. In this Useful Commute podcast, business executive and author of "Big Ideas to Big Results" Michael Kanazawa offers advice on how to transform your corporate strategy or business quickly and easily. Click Play to hear the...; Tags: Podcasts, Strategy, BNET staff, Useful Commute; Blog posts 2008-03-24
Useful Commute: Four Secrets to Liking Your Work: Do you dread going to work? In this podcast, Edward Muzio, business executive and author of "Four Secrets to Liking Your Work," says there's no worse time to look for a new job than when you hate the one you have. Instead, he suggests ways to change your attitude and...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, BNET staff; Blog posts 2008-03-17