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Business Lessons from Alice in Wonderland: The Find: Like Lewis Carroll's red queen, companies in a cut-throat business environment can put so much effort into just keeping up with the competition that they fail to see they're getting no advantage for all their effort. The Source: The Random Rantings blog of Freek Vermeulen,...; Tags: Strategy, Jessica Stillman, Management, Human Resources, Internet, Benefits, Blogging, Alice, Freek Vermeulen, Competitor, Professor; Blog posts 2008-07-31
Using "Pull Processes" for Enhanced Efficiency: The Find: Business author Michael Port offers a parable about a toilet to illustrate how to eliminate waste by integrating "pull" processes with clearly visible cues into your business. The Source: Excerpts from Beyond Booked Solid, by Michael Port, featured on the blog of Tim Ferriss. ...; Tags: Internet, Blogging, Michael Port, Toilet, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
America Trains Foreign PhDs, Canada Employs Them: The Find: The two top feeder schools for American PhD programs are now Chinese universities, but don't think that just because America trains so many foreign students it will then employ them; instead Canada is trying to attract those that can't get a visa to work in the...; Tags: Internet, Blogging, Canada, America, Visa, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-22
"Play" Makes For Creative Companies, Says London Business School: The Find: According to one professor, the secret sauce that sets today's most innovative companies apart has one key ingredient: play. The Source: A podcast from the London Business School. The Takeaway: Assistant professor of organizational behavior Babis Mainemelis uses a London Business School...; Tags: London Business School, Podcasts, Internet, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-15
How to Get the Truth From References: The Find: Surprising questions to ask a candidate's references to get the real scoop on a potential new hire. The Source: The Business Pundit blog. The Takeaway: You think you've found the right candidate to fill a vacancy, so you wearily pick up the...; Tags: Blogging, Telecom & Utilities, Professional Development, Reference, Career, Internet, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-14

The 10 Rules of Successful Consulting: The Find: A veteran consultant offers his top ten tips on how consultants can best serve their clients (even in spite of clients' occasional irrationality). The Source: The blog of software developer and occasional consultant, Chad Myers. The Takeaway: Techie Chad Myers uses his...; Tags: Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Jessica Stillman, Blog, Consulting, Blogging, Outsourcing, Internet, It Operations, Business Operations, Consultant; Blog posts 2008-06-25
Why Being a Control Freak Isn't So Bad: The Find: The term control freak isn't usually considered a compliment, but one executive coach feels that the tendency to crave control actually offers significant advantages in business. The Source: Cheryl Cran writing on the Brazen Careerist blog. The Takeaway:...; Tags: Freak, Blogging, Internet, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Lessons in Effective Persuasion and "Social Proof": The Find: It's not news that popularity breeds popularity and people follow the herd, but social psychology research points out that this principle, known as "social proof," can radically improve results and is often underutilized. The Source: An experiment on hotel guests towel recycling habits related in...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Internet, Blogging, Yes! Blog, Principle, Proof; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Time Crunched? Tim Ferris Says 'Psychological Interference' May Be to Blame: The Find: If you feel perpetually crunched for time, a Wharton School professor suggests the culprit isn't your overstuffed calendar but your leadership skills. The Source: The blog of Tim Ferris, author of "The Four-Hour Workweek" discussing "Total Leadership" by Wharton School professor Dr....; Tags: Management, Blogging, Leadership, Stewart Friedman, Tim Ferris, Boundary, Blog, Professor, Wharton School, Internet, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-06-11
London Business School: Re-org is its Own Reward: The Find: One professor thinks you don't need a good reason to reorganize your departments -- a reshuffle is an end unto itself. The Source: The "Random Rantings" blog of Freek Vermeulen, Associate Professor of Strategic & International Management at the London Business School. ...; Tags: Strategy, Jessica Stillman, Management, Internet, Department, Blogging, London Business School; Blog posts 2008-06-11
Good News for Consultants: Our Brains Are Hard-Wired to Seek Costly Advice: The Find: Your brain is hard-wired to believe that more expensive advice is better advice. The Source: Research from Francesca Gino at Carnegie Mellon University published in "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes DOI" and discussed in the British Psychological Society blog. The Takeaway:...; Tags: Advice, Tools & Techniques, Blogging, Management, Internet, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Why Marketers Must Choose Between Passion and Pop: The Find: Marketers must tune their products and message either to a mass-appeal "pop" audience, or to a smaller, more cult-like "passion" crowd. But never in between. The Source: Marketing guru Seth Godin's consistently thought-provoking blog. The Takeaway: Seth...; Tags: Personal Technology, Jessica Stillman, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Digital Music, Seth Godin, Passion, Blogging, Media Players; Blog posts 2008-05-08
More Evidence that Being a Jerk Doesn't Work: Stanford professor, Bob Sutton, has built a small industry around telling business people not to be assholes. You can check him out explaining the basic idea of his book, "The No Asshole Rule," in this BNET Book Briefing: working with rude, self-obsessed people isn't just aggravating, it's a drain on...; Tags: Researcher, Professor, Tools & Techniques, Workforce Management, Blogging, Management, Human Resources, Internet, Jessica Stillman, University Of Florida; Blog posts 2008-01-25
Would Anyone Tell a Friend?: Shop.org's Strategy & Information Forum is going on this week in Orlando. The theme this year: Web 2.0 and it's implications for retailing. Neil Clemmons from the Experience Matters blog is attending and picked up a simple but powerful insight from keynote speaker, Andy Sernovitz, one of the founders of...; Tags: Marketing, Jessica Stillman, Software, Office Suites, Microsoft Word, Blogging, Web 2.0, Friend, Shop.org, Microsoft Office, Internet, Product Marketing; Blog posts 2008-01-25
The Causes of Our Economic Woes: an Alternative View: The stock market fell and then rose nearly three hundred points in what had to have been a queasy day for investors. The turmoil in the markets and concerns about the economy are casting a shadow over an atypically gloomy meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The roots...; Tags: Finance, Internet, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Investment, Blogging, Iraq, Currency & Foreign Exchange, War, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-01-23
Why the Best Speeches Are Stories: The media is buzzing today with talk of last night's Iowa caucuses. The coverage includes the obligatory handicapping of who's up and who's down, but nearly every political pundit and blogger also has something to say about the candidates' speeches. Whether you're particularly interested in politics or not, the...; Tags: Internet, Blogging, Media, Speech, Coverage, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-01-04
Management Must-Reads: In business, as in life, the people who are the best at it are constantly learning. To this end, we here at BNET try and keep you up to date on the big ideas in business and point out worthy books that'll keep you informed. And because it's the start...; Tags: Human Resources, Strategy, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Internet, Gender And Diversity, Human Capital, List, Business, Management, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-01-03
Should Managers Study the Liberal Arts?: Here at BNET we have a whole blog dedicated to all things MBA-- all the hows and whys of going to business school. Today on his blog, Marginal Revolution, economist Tyler Cower talks about the ROI on a liberal arts education. What does studying the cultural products of man yield?...; Tags: Managerial Accounting, Finance, Internet, Gender And Diversity, Roi/Tco, Blogging, Judgment, Marketing, Human Resources, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-12-17
Supermarket Surprise: Traffic to Branded Sites Soars: Think online marketing is only for hip tech products and cool brands targeted at web-savvy youth? Not true, reports AdAge today. In fact, branded sites for packaged goods like rice and breakfast cereal have seen a surge in traffic in the last year: Staid old supermarket staples, once scoffed...; Tags: Marketing, Web Site Development, Internet, Branding, Site, Brand, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-12-10
Ungated NYTimes Draws Record Number of Visitors: The Internet has changed everything, everyone agrees. But that reality is probably most pressing for traditional media companies used to pushing hard copies of their content, whether on paper or little plastic disks. For those following how well these companies are adapting, the tale of the rise and fall of...; Tags: Marketing, Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, New York Times Co., Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2007-11-16