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How to Save a Few Bucks at Starbucks
From now until September 2, you can get a Starbucks grande cold drink for just $2 -- provided you buy it after 2 p.m. and show your receipt from your morning coffee purchase. Let's not use this time to debate the quality or lack thereof of Starbucks...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-08-06
Guy Kawasaki on "The Back of the Napkin"
The Find: Got a complex business problem? Of course you have to run the numbers, but one author argues that you should also sit down with a pen and paper and spend some time doodling. The Source: An interview conducted by venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki with Dan...
Tags: Jessica Stillman, Team Management, Manufacturing, Financing Startups, Finance, Strategy, Management, Investment, Food & Beverage, Venture Capital, Globalization, Guy Kawasaki
Blog posts 2008-08-05
Productivity and the Three-Martini Lunch
Watch the AMC series "Mad Men," and you'd think that workplace boozing was key to productivity. Well, the three-martini lunch may be a thing of the past, but boozing and work still go hand-in-hand in many office cultures. From the company holiday party, to the monthly beer-bash,...
Tags: Workplace, Beverage, Alcohol, Marin Institute, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Manufacturing, Michael Mattis
Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 Inspirations for Embracing Failure
You know the guy on your team who's always pushing back against unusual ideas? The gloom-and-doomer who's convinced that if it's different, it must be wrong? Could be he's just afraid of not succeeding at a new endeavor. Here's some food for thought to convince him that...
Tags: CC Holland, Team Management, Food & Beverage, Failure, Management, Manufacturing
Blog posts 2008-07-16
Do Bizarre Interview Questions Serve a Purpose?
When you're talking to a job candidate, do you ask what superpowers he'd like to have? No? Then obviously you're missing out on the newly anointed best practice of asking ridiculous questions in the name of thorough interviewing. It's not a new trend (Microsoft's been known for...
Tags: Job, Question, Candidate, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Manufacturing, CC Holland
Blog posts 2008-07-14
Global Middle Class to Double in 30 Years
The Find: The global middle class is set to more than double between 2000 and 2030 offering massive opportunities -- and massive challenges -- to managers at multinational companies. The Source: "The New Global Middle Class- Potentially Profitable but Also Unpredictable" in Knowledge @Wharton. ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Jessica Stillman, Marketing, Marketing Research, Branding, Pricing, Food & Beverage, Knowlegde@Wharton, Class
Blog posts 2008-07-10
Improve Your Life With the 80/20 Rule
You know how sometimes you suddenly keep hearing the same phrase over and over again? It's been that way for me this week with the so-called "80/20 rule." I keep stumbling over it in the media, and yesterday my friend even mentioned it over coffee. (Actually, she may have been...
Tags: Food, Tim Ferriss, CC Holland, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Scott H. Young
Blog posts 2008-06-28
Simple Tricks to Tune Up Your Brain
I caught a great post the other day from Shilpan Patel, who contends that brain maintenance is a must if you want to keep your gray matter in shape. Luckily, cranium care needn't be too taxing; he offers 14 simple ways to supercharge your brain. Among them:...
Tags: Food & Beverage, Flash Memory, Manufacturing, CC Holland, Brain
Blog posts 2008-06-27
Power Napping: The Manual
Rick Broida's recent post in Business Hacks, "Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue," about the value of taking a wee siesta in the afternoon, garnered quite a few comments but very little opposition. Few dispute that naps are nice. One wag even suggested "the caffeine...
Tags: Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Rick Broida, Nap, Michael Mattis
Blog posts 2008-06-17
Fast Before a Flight to Avoid Jet Lag
The next time you cross more than a few time zones, try going without food to minimize the effects of jet lag. Researchers believe that fasting can help you adjust to time differences more quickly. Of course, this theory has been tested only on mice, so your...
Tags: Rick Broida, Manufacturing, Peripherals, Hardware, Trip, Food & Beverage, Mice, Tip
Blog posts 2008-05-27
"Lunner" as the New Business Meal
Americans often enjoy Sunday brunch, a funny meal in between breakfast and lunch, a grander version of the "elevenses" snack enjoyed in British Commonwealth nations but similar in content to the "second breakfast" loved by Hobbits in The Shire. A leisure day meal, brunch often serves as a stand-in for both the early and the mid-day meal. ...
Tags: Management, Michael Mattis, Manufacturing, Team Management, Lunner, Food & Beverage, Snack, Breakfast, Business
Blog posts 2008-05-22
Whole Foods Chief Defends His Ethics
John Mackey had a bad 2007, but he's bouncing back in 2008 and the Whole Foods chief is finally talking about "rahodeb," the Internet alter-ego he used to leave scathing chatroom remarks about competitor Wild Oats just as he was angling to buy them. I imagine Mackey has been itching...
Tags: First Amendment, Whole Foods, Ethics, CEO, John Mackey, Business Ethics, Food & Beverage, Leadership, Management, Manufacturing, William Baker
Blog posts 2008-05-21
How to Pick an Afternoon Snack
Lots of folks claim that the easiest way to lose weight is to eat small meals supplemented by little snacks throughout the day. If that plan doesn't lead to eating fewer calories in general, then I'm a bit skeptical of its weight-loss benefits, but it does have a major perk...
Tags: David Goldenberg, Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Whelan, Snack
Blog posts 2008-05-12
5 Ways to Foil Lunch Thieves
The top workplace etiquette complaint among office workers? Raiders of the lost lunch. A recent study found that a whopping 97.8 percent of office dwellers believed fridge thieves to be the worst offenders. The Lean Cuisine has left the building. The takeout has taken off. So...
Tags: Food, Team, Thief, Lean Cuisine, Takeout, Nothing, Food & Beverage, Team Management, Manufacturing, Management, CC Holland
Blog posts 2008-05-09
Presdo is a Pretty Cool Scheduling App
While I'm not quite as excited about the new online scheduler Presdo as the folks over at TechCrunch, I will say that it's pretty darn simple, and it seems to integrate seamlessly with Google Calendar. It also has Google's intuitive understanding of what you mean when you use natural...
Tags: E-mail, Manufacturing, Online Communications, Presdo, Google Inc., David Goldenberg, Food & Beverage
Blog posts 2008-04-30
Force Yourself to Network
When you go out of town to a big work-related conference, it can often be overwhelming. The temptation to sit back, have a few drinks and relax after listening to speakers and attending workshops all day can be powerful, especially for those of us who are a little bit shy...
Tags: Manufacturing, David Goldenberg, Food & Beverage, Network
Blog posts 2008-04-07
Some Healthy Places To Eat When You're On The Go
Next time you're wandering through the airport looking to grab a bite to eat before you cram yourself into coach, look to see if there are any Chipotles before you head over to Burger King. Health Magazine ranked the best fast food chains out there and found that the burrito...
Tags: Human Resources, David Goldenberg, Enterprise Software, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Software
Blog posts 2008-04-04
Publix Management Stays in the Family
Charles H. Jenkins, Jr., steps down this week after a seven-year run as CEO of Publix Super Markets Inc., the Southeast's grocery powerhouse with 928 stores in five states. Taking over is Jenkins' cousin and Publix President William "Ed" Crenshaw. Based in Lakeland, Fla., and run by...
Tags: Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, CEO, Grocery, Store, Cousin, Lisa Everitt
Blog posts 2008-04-02
Boost Your Productivity with Three-Martini Lunch
A new study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine suggests that highly stressed workers can benefit from consuming three alcoholic beverages at lunchtime. Here's an excerpt: Participants in the study reported that [after the lunch hour] their workloads no longer seemed as daunting, and that they felt...
Tags: Study, Beverage, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2008-04-01
Supervalu Joins EPA Push for Greener Coolers
Supervalu Inc.'s announcement that its 12 retail brands will participate in the Environmental Protection Agency's GreenChill Partnership gives a lift to the EPA's efforts to convert supermarkets to green refrigeration. Twenty-seven companies now participate in the program, including Publix, Giant Eagle, Food Lion and Whole Foods Market. ...
Tags: Lisa Everitt, Manufacturing, Marketing, Branding, Food & Beverage, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, DuPont Co., Supermarket
Blog posts 2008-03-27
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