Rectangle 10

Read time: 3 mins

In Praise of Footnotes (and Skepticism)

“The World Health Organization (WHO) recently warned that 1 billion people worldwide could die of tobacco-related causes this century unless ‘urgent action’

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

PopCap: Sometimes Stuff Just Happens

Passengers of the U.S. Airways flight that landed recently in New York City’s Hudson River are having a hard time getting the

Rectangle 10

Read time: 3 mins

“The Power of a Positive No,” by William Ury

I know, “positive no” sounds like an oxymoron. But it is possible to deliver a no in a positive manner. A manner

Rectangle 10

“You are Right”: Best Customer Service Words Ever Spoken

Try as we might (and try we do!), those of us in the business of Customer Service have all experienced being wrong.

Rectangle 10

Read time: 5 mins

Self Trust

I’ve been listening in the car to a CD of Stephen M. R. Covey’s book, “The Speed of Trust.” Its essence is

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Idling Away Our Future

Section 4-08, Subsection P of the New York City traffic code prohibits engine idling for more than three minutes. Engine idling, obviously,

Rectangle 10

Read time: 3 mins

PopCap: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Beware the Law of Unintended Consequences. Think twice about what you are truly incentivizing. Even though we often approach it as a

Rectangle 10

Read time: < 1 min

What You Make of It

There is a website I like called Post Secrets, that every Sunday posts a fresh batch of annotated, highly-creative and visual postcards

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Love: Noun or Verb?

Is love a noun, something you simply feel, something that just is? Is love something that exists of and by itself, that

Rectangle 10

Read time: 2 mins

Four Defenses

Atlantic magazine’s June 2009 cover story, “What Makes Us Happy?”, was about a compelling longitudinal study of 268 male Harvard students. Starting

Rectangle 10

Read time: 3 mins

“There’s No Such Thing as ‘Business’ Ethics”

“There’s No Such Thing As ‘Business’ Ethics: There is only one rule for making decisions” is a short book by John Maxwell.

Rectangle 10

Read time: 3 mins

PopCap: “Teach Your Children Well”

“Which Movie Studios Will Cause the Most Youth to Start Smoking This Summer?” How do we, as a society, teach acceptable social