Nassim Taleb on Living with Black Swans – Knowledge@Wharton
“Economic life gets stronger not with bailouts, but with bankruptcies.
Evolution works not with bailouts — there are no bailouts in nature —
but with competition and natural selection.”
Employee Loyalty Waning as National Unemployment Rate Continues to Fall
No, we are not talking about holes in 737’s. We are talking about MetLife’s 9th Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends. I always credit my sources so instead of a direct link to the MetLife study I’ve linked the article where I first read about the study. There is a link at the bottom of that article to the download page at MetLife.
Cisco kills Flip, cuts 550 workers – Apr. 12, 2011
How to buy a business for $600 million (and with accounting charges added in) manage to lose $900 million two years later.
Productivity, Multitasking, and the Death of the Phone – HBR IdeaCast – Harvard Business Review
Great podcast. I may be biased so here are my disclaimers:
Information Arbitrage – Preparing for and adapting to tomorrow’s world
Read Think Apply Plan Act.
(hat tip abnormalreturns.com)
You may not agree with all of the authors’ recommendations (I do not agree with all of their points) but you’ll find some great food for thought.
Calculated Risk: Summary for Week ending January 8th
Job creation poor, participation rate down, YES unemployment is down!
I sincerely hope my readers continue on to read the source articles of my posts. I always credit my sources and thank them all for providing content.
I do claim credit for the persnickety comments.
Sanders Says – You don’t need a social media strategy
Sanders Says – Brand strategy first, social media tactics second
You don’t need a social media strategy – You need a brand strategy that leverages social media. Don’t get off the brand strategy just because there’s a new communications channel, that’s how you lose the plot as a brand. Technology is the tail, not the dog.
Here are two links to two blog posts by Tim Sanders. If your company is struggling with social media these articles will help.
Recession May Be Changing Americans’ Attitudes Toward Work
Ignore this attitudinal shift at your own risk. My consulting buddies and I have been advising companies on this issue for several years. What’s your company strategy to help the staff achieve balance between work and personal needs?
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