via american.com For-profit education is beginning to feel the squeeze. July 2, 2012 marks the day that the U.S. Department of Education rule goes into effect. This rule restricts students from using government aid to pay for schooling that doesn’t include...
Many are now just completing their MBA or considering starting their own small business. There is a great article from BSchool that includes 50 excellent lectures about entrepreneurship, practical tips, innovation, leadership, technology and the economy. The courses...
Image via n2growth.com Companies often list their vision and their mission statements on their sites. The difference between a mission statement and a vision statement is that a mission statement focuses on a company’s present state while a vision statement focuses on...
There is a new trend for companies to remain privately owned. Why have mega-companies like Facebook yet to go public? The New York Times reported recently, “An I.P.O. used to be a rite of passage for a company, a sign that it had arrived. But even before the...
As the year comes to an end, many marketing departments are looking back at the year’s results to see if their plans were successful. With the new year and the Super Bowl just around the corner, advertisers are analyzing what worked and what didn’t. One of my...
Image via google.com In case you are wondering Fluther rhymes with brother and it is a word that means a group of jellyfish. Fluther’s site is about directing your questions to the people who have the answers. Answerers are encouraged to use humor while expressing...
QR Code or Quick Response Code is a two-dimension matrix code developed in the mid 90’s in Japan. Businesses are drawn to it because it offers an improvement over barcodes. Wisegeek explains, “QR Code contains data in both vertical and horizontal directions, whereas...
The following is from Anne McCauley's article for CareerConnectors.net. To see the whole article and the 10 step process that was discussed at this meeting, go to the article by clicking here. Do you feel overlooked by prospective employers? Maybe you are...
Many people are starting new jobs right now. Many of them are working with technology or using terminology that they may never have had to use in the past. Managers and co-workers may toss around words that they assume people already know. It is imported that...
image via techvert.com It’s hard to look at my flip phone without thinking of the communications device on Star Trek. There are many examples of inventions that used to be thought of as just science fiction that have now become a reality. The flip phone is just...
Our guest today is DocuSign’s Chief People Officer, Joan Burke. In this episode, we discuss DocuSign’s unique core company values: Trusted, Loved, and Responsible. Joan tells us how and why these values are kept top-of-mind for every decision around how they treat...
Our guest is Andrea Alexander, Chief People Officer at Rent the Runway. Andrea is a huge believer in social capital and the important contributions it makes in workplace culture, and is focused on creating programs to help employees develop social capital despite...
If you want to achieve smooth cashflow to support your lifestyle for years, give everything you can to build a sustainable business. Dr. Diane Hamilton explores the right way to establish such a venture with Meg Taylor Morrison, a science...
Years ago, autonomous vehicles could be thought of as nothing but fiction. As technology advances, more and more people have been cozying up to self-driving cars and their positive impact on the environment. Jeffrey Bleich, the Chief Legal Officer for Cruise,...
Beauty comes from within—a phrase we often hear to motivate us when insecurities attack. But there’s more to it than what we often think. In this episode, Hitendra Wadhwa, educator, speaker, and founder of the Mentora Institute, takes us deeper within. He talks about...