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Cab drivers come in all flavors
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
photo credit: cerulean5000 V egas is always an entertaining trip, and in one way or another, it always comes with lessons. This time: 4 cab drivers, 4 completely different experiences. First, the guy who picked me up from the airport. Very courteous, asked me how I wanted to get where I was going – and then ...1 day ago -
Are you using your white hair too?
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
photo credit: Alex E. Proimos I n the days before 9/11, our local airport (Glacier International aka FCA) had a mix of mostly Boeing 737/727, prop and regional jet traffic. Since 9/11, most of our traffic other than flights to Minneapolis are regional jets or props. When I fly Delta to Salt Lake, for example, ...1 day ago -
On walls and winning
Shefaly Yogendra —
Authority: 106
Walls fascinate me. They signify territoriality – such as firewalls keeping desirable people or data in and keeping undesirables out, or even the Great Wall of China . They signify power and imbalance of power – such as Hadrian’s Wall of yore or the Israeli West Bank barrier of today. They are about ...1 day ago -
Upper Peninsula Upventure: Da Yoopers Tourist Trap
Marathon Pundit —
Authority: 548
There are plenty of tourist traps out there that claim to be something much more, but Da Yoopers Tourist Trap is proud of its appeal to humanitys lowest emotional common denominator. Da Yoopers is a store, an outdoor museum, and a lighthearted look at the culture of Michigans Upper Peninsula. Its located near ...2 days ago -
Little things matter, like doorknobs and receipts
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
photo credit: jurek d. T oday’s guest post is another story from Dustin about little things. Some people notice these things, some don’t. Ask yourself which kind of person you want for a customer, but think before you answer. Like it? Bookmark it!3 days ago -
Cliffy B: Borderlands is the Diablo of FPS
DigitalBattle.com —
Authority: 580
Cliff Beszinski, better known as Cliffy B, showed his love for Borderlands by tweeting “Borderlands, I adore you. You’re Diablo for a generation raised on first person shooters. I want a Claptrap.” He’s quite right, Borderlands might just be the Diablo of FPS games, considering that you’ll be spending a ...3 days ago -
A not so little reason why American Airlines loses millions
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
photo credit: typicalgenius W hile it would be easy to squeeze them off one by one, I won’t go into all the obvious reasons. This one is a bit more subtle but just as deadly to a company. The really poisonous thing is that attitudes like this come from the top down and they are CYA’d all the way up the food ...4 days ago -
King for a Day: Verizon
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
Download audio file (KingForADayVerizon.mp3) photo credit: Sister72 I ‘d like to introduce a new series called “ King for a Day “. For the acronym-challenged, you might see me refer to it as KFAD now and then, so don’t assume I’m talking about a local radio station. King for a Day is a ...4 days ago -
Complex Motives In Buffett’s Burlington Northern Purchase
Top Gun Financial Planning —
Authority: 422
Some analysts have been puzzling over the high price Buffett agreed to pay for Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI). He paid $100 a share for a company that has earned $5.38 over the last 12 months for a trailing multiple of 18.6. Book value is $36 a share. Buffett himself admitted that he stretched to make this ...5 days ago -
100 things waiters, real estate agents and mechanics should never do, Part 2
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
photo credit: paintMonkey Y esterday, we went over the first 50 items on the NY Times’ “100 things restaurant staffers should never do” , and mentioned a few other folks that might also use those things even if they don’t own a restaurant. Today, the NYT published the next 50 , and once again – they ...5 days ago -
Pass The Bricks. I Need To Make Our Wall Stronger.
| Creo Quality, LLC —
Authority: 431
Have you ever worked in a company where every functional group had their own “kingdom”? I have. It was frustrating. I’ve also had the pleasure of consulting for companies where the objective seems to be “How can we screw the other groups?” and communication seems to be discouraged. Here is a short story ...6 days ago -
100 things waiters, real estate agents and mechanics should never do, Part 1
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
photo credit: goldsardine I f you don’t own a restaurant, the temptation might be to turn the page and blow past part one of the NY Times’ “100 things restaurant staffers should never do” story. Or maybe you’d read it like a diner, thinking “Yeah, #2, 13 and 34 really annoy me”. Don’t waste ...1 week ago -
GlobeScan’s Survey Of Climate Change Decision Makers 2009
The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE —
Authority: 470
Just received via e-mail: Dear Colleague, The fifteenth UN Conference of Parties will take place in Copenhagen in one month. To ensure that the opinions of professionals who work in climate change related fields are voiced prior to the summit, GlobeScan is seeking your participation in a short online survey. The ...1 week ago -
The “Micromanagement” Debate
CultureWizard Blog —
Authority: 120
Almost daily we work with global businessmen and businesswomen who are challenged by their cross-cultural work with teams based in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and New Delhi. They are frequently frustrated by the difficulty of maintaining schedules and meeting deadlines, and they can’t understand why their management ...1 week ago -
Emission Admission: An Eco-Friendly Music Video
TakePart Social Action Network —
Authority: 622
You’re probably putting the last minute touches on your green Halloween costume , and chowing down on some tasty vegan Halloween treats , but before you head out to trick-or-treat , I just wanted to share with you a catchy and clever eco-friendly music video. Emission Admission is an animated short film ...1 week ago -
What’s Scary? Ordinary coffee, Michael Jackson and a dancing tiger named Mike
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
So…what did you do to have a little fun? Here are a couple of examples: One of the many coffee shops that I prod now and then came up with this (among other things) for Halloween. Note the R.I.P. sign, then check out the 2nd image. Below in the hand of the chalk outline, a familiar green logo. Who could it be? ...1 week ago -
Small businesses get free advice
Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here —
Authority: 135
CitySquares Online Inc. saw sales start to decline dramatically in late 2008 as some of the local-search-engine provider’s customers could no longer afford its advertising services. So the small business turned to its board of six volunteer advisers-experts in areas such as sales, marketing, finance, ...1 week ago -
Rapping McDonald’s order gets a bad rap
Business is Personal —
Authority: 122
While the above video is several years old, this news piece about a real group of would-be rappers placing their order via rap is not only new, but managed to get the boys arrested . How would your employees react? How would you react? The obvious answer to their order is… “Do you want fries with that?” ...1 week ago -
Resisting Internet Orthodoxy
Jesse Hirsh —
Authority: 91
Ive been thinking a lot lately about that which makes the work I do and the ideas I have different from my contemporaries and the characters who I may be compared to. Rather facetiously I talk about the internet as a new religion embraced by the masses in search of salvation. However in resisting internet orthodoxy ...1 week ago -
Social Media: Banning vs Blocking
AriWriter —
Authority: 491
I am sorry I have to write this but it appears some of the leading technology journals are unable to agree on the difference between a ban and a block. If I didn’t know better, some editors might think the two verbs are synonyms. The facts On October 6, 2009, IT staffing firm Robert Half International ...1 week ago
